NASA's Europa Clipper launches toward Jupiter's moon, Europa, on a mission to explore its icy surface and potential for life.

Scientists suspect that beneath Europa’s icy crust is a giant ocean of liquid water. They launched a spacecraft to ...

The spacecraft must navigate the vast distance between Earth and Jupiter, which is approximately 779 million kilometers at its closest approach.

Space agencies have been busy with three major launch milestones occurring in the space of a week. Meanwhile, the sun is at ...

Europa Clipper is the first mission designed to conduct a detailed study of Jupiter's moon Europa. It will travel about 2.9 ...

Nasa’s mission to a Galilean moon of Jupiter that’s encrusted in a thick shell of ice will let us know if its bulky ocean has ...

Europa is considered one of the solar system's most promising spots to search for life beyond Earth. Read more at ...

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The Europa Clipper mission will only be able to do a low fly-by of Europa for a couple of hours every three weeks, because longer immersion in Jupiter’s huge radiation zone would fry its electronics.