NASA launched a spacecraft from Florida today on a mission to examine whether Jupiter’s moon Europa has conditions suitable to support life, with a focus on the large subsurface ocean believed to be ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper took flight Monday, marking a major step toward exploring one of the most intriguing moons in our solar ...

The spacecraft, the largest NASA has ever built for a planetary mission, will travel 1.8 million miles to reach Jupiter in ...

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Scientists have discovered that the Great Red Spot of Jupiter undergoes a rhythmic 90-day cycle of changes, offering fresh insights into the complex behavior of planetary atmospheres.

Europa Clipper will make a six-year journey to Jupiter to study Europa, an icy-surfaced moon that scientists believe has ...

NASA astronauts onboard the International Space Station Thursday got a show for the ages after a geomagnetic storm sent the ...

The Europa Clipper spacecraft embarked Monday on its journey to Jupiter's icy moon Europa in search of a potentially ...

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The Europa Clipper spacecraft will use its various instruments to probe whether the icy ocean world is habitable.