Thanks to images from various NASA spacecraft, we can get an up-close look at the Jupiter ocean moon Europa long before the ...

NASA's Europa Clipper mission, featuring SwRI’s MASPEX and UVS instruments, seeks to uncover clues about life-supporting ...

Why does Jupiter look like it has a surface – even though it doesn’t have one? – Sejal, age 7, Bangalore, India ...

Researchers are working on technology that could follow NASA’s Europa Clipper mission and hunt for life in the ocean of ...

Scientists have developed a new method to compute how tides affect the interiors of planets and moons. Importantly, the new ...

Surface features of Uranus' icy moon Miranda point to the existence of a once deep ocean, one that still may exist today.

NASA has released a new edition of Issue 4 of the Astrobiology Graphic History series. The issue now includes NASA's Europa ...

NASA's Europa Clipper mission, designed to explore Jupiter’s mysterious moon Europa, has reached an important milestone by deploying its magnetometer boom. This instrument will help scientists ...

Previous observations suggested that Ceres was less than 30% ice, and its craters were thought to imply that the dwarf planet ...

The planet Jupiter has no solid ground – no surface, like the grass or dirt you tread here on Earth. There's nothing to walk ...

A reassessment of data from NASA's Voyager 2 has revealed that Uranus' moon Miranda may contain a subsurface ocean, challenging assumptions about its potential for life.

“To find evidence of an ocean inside a small object like Miranda is incredibly surprising,” said Tom Nordheim, a planetary ...