Europa’s buried ocean has made it one of the most exciting places to search for life beyond Earth. However, new calculations suggest its seafloor may be calm, cold, and largely inactive, with little ...
On January 7, 1610, the Italian astronomer Galileo discovered three of Jupiter's moons: Callisto, Europa and Io. When he ...
A study published in Nature Communications suggests that Europa’s rocky seafloor is likely too mechanically strong to support ...
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 ...
If you’ve been seeing an unusually bright ‘star’ in the sky recently, it’s actually Jupiter, which will shine at its ...
Although Europa is the fourth largest of Jupiter’s 95 moons, it’s the smallest of the Galilean moons – the largest being Ganymede. With an equatorial diameter of about 3,100 kilometres, Europa is ...
Greetings everyone! We have an unusual sky event this month to start off the new year. On Thursday, 29th of January, there will be a lunar occultation of El Nath, ...
Scientists from Washington University in St Louis in the US say they are still confident 'life is out there somewhere' ...
1999 – The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton begins.
As early as February, astronauts could orbit the moon aboard NASA’s Artemis 2 mission. A space expert explains why the moon ...
After passing Earth, interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will fly close to Jupiter and its moon Eupheme in March 2026, marking a key moment in its outbound journey ...
On Saturday (Jan. 10), for example, we will see three satellites on one side of Jupiter (going outward from the planet: Ganymede, Io and Europa ), while the fourth ( Callisto) remains all by itself on ...