Scientists think Europa contains a vast saltwater ocean deep beneath its surface. A NASA director said the mission is a "generational quest" that could lead to alien-life discoveries. NASA is serious ...

The arrival of 3I/ATLAS in our solar system spawned multiple proposals for a rendezvous mission to study it up close. As the third interstellar object (ISO) ever detected, the wealth of information ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A deep image of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS captured by the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) on Gemini South at Cerro ...

This artist's impression shows the Europa Clipper mission, which is headed to an icy moon of Jupiter. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) A long-awaited mission to an icy moon of Jupiter is on track to launch in just ...

It's called the Europa Clipper, and by all accounts it is the largest spacecraft NASA ever designed for planetary exploration. After it was launched in October 2024 on board a SpaceX Falcon Heavy ...

A long-awaited mission to an icy moon of Jupiter is on track to launch in just a few weeks, NASA officials said Tuesday in an event previewing the launch. The moon, Europa, is thought to have ...

NASA is getting ready to launch a spacecraft to Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter. It's considered to be one of the best places in the solar system to look for life. NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce reports.