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 ...

While there’s no concrete consensus on a list of prerequisites for life to evolve on other planets, there are at least a ...

A study has cast doubt on the idea that Jupiter's moon Europa, where NASA has sent a spacecraft, could have conditions to ...

"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, ...

(390 million mi) from Earth, underneath the cold seas of Europa, a horrifying, and vastly intelligent creature lurks. Can our ...

NASA launched the Europa Clipper spacecraft in 2024 with the goal of investigating whether conditions favorable for life ...

A new study is skeptical that life could still be present on Jupiter's moon Europa, where a NASA spacecraft launched in ...

Jupiter's moon Europa is on the short list of places in our solar system seen as promising in the search for life beyond ...

Beneath Europa's icy shell lies an ocean vaster than Earth's. But is its hidden world buzzing with life, or silent as the ...

New research raises doubts about Europa's potential for supporting life, due to the lack of tectonic and volcanic activity on ...

Europa has long been the darling of the search for life beyond Earth. The reason is simple: beneath its cracked, icy shell ...

A study published in Nature Communications suggests that Europa’s rocky seafloor is likely too mechanically strong to support ...