On Earth, deep-sea vents may have given rise to the planet’s first life. But nothing of the sort seems to be happening at the ...
"We're not saying, and we can't say, that there's no life in Europa. What we're saying is that it's a harder proposition, ...
Jupiter’s moon Europa is on the short list of places in our solar system seen as promising in the search for life beyond Earth, with a large subsurface ocean thought to be hidden under an outer shell ...
Among the solar system’s hundreds of known moons, few are as enticing as the handful that scientists believe have a global ocean lurking below their crusty surface. But two of these hidden oceans may ...
Just days into the New Year, on January 6, NASA will begin spacewalks outside the International Space Station to prepare for installing a new solar array. As 2026 continues, international missions ...
Europa, one of Jupiter’s most intriguing moons, has long been a target for astrobiologists searching for signs of life beyond ...
From Jupiter at its brightest to a dazzling Saturn-Moon-Neptune alignment, here’s what to watch in the night sky in January 2026.