For decades, Europa has been the optimistic counterpoint to a lonely solar system, a small icy world that seemed to tick every box for a hidden ocean teeming with microbes. A new wave of modeling now ...

Scientists are proposing a new source of fuel for potential alien life on Europa: Radioactive elements seeping out of rocks and into the moon’s ocean, where it could generate enough energy to support ...

A new study suggests Jupiter's moon Europa may lack the underwater geologic activity necessary to support life. Scientists have long considered Europa a promising place to search for life due to its ...

Scientists with expertise in geophysics at Washington State University have developed an alternative pathway for the transport of nutrients to the deep ocean under Europa's exterior surface. Europa, a ...

A NASA spacecraft that launched in 2024 from Florida may be in for disappointment when it reaches a Jupiter moon to search for signs of life – at least, if a new study carries weight. Jupiter's moon ...