"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, ...

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

New research suggests that, Europa, may lack tectonic and volcanic activity essential for supporting life in its subsurface ocean.

KEY FINDINGS Europa has long stood at the center of humanity’s search for life beyond Earth, its cracked ice shell and hidden ocean making it one of the solar system’s most compelling worlds. Now, as ...

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

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

Scientists from Washington University in St Louis in the US say they are still confident 'life is out there somewhere' ...

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

New research casts doubt on the prospects for a habitable, active environment beneath the frozen surface of Jupiter’s moon ...

Scientists studying Jupiter’s moon Europa have zeroed in on a strange, spider-like feature etched into the moon’s icy shell, ...

After modeling Europa's conditions, the researchers concluded that its rocky seafloor is likely mechanically too strong to ...

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 ...