The Latest Breaking News from Europa

Move over Mars. The search for extra-terrestrial life in our solar system is this week fixed squarely on Jupiter as the European Space Agency (ESA) gets set to send its Juice spacecraft on an ambitious mission to inspect the frozen oceans of three of the planet’s moons.

The JUICE mission will begin its trek to the gas giant Jupiter on Thursday, April 13. When will it arrive, and what will it discover about the solar system's largest planet and its icy ocean moons?

Europe's JUICE and NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will soon launch to Jupiter to study its icy and possibly habitable moons.

What will Europe's Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE) tell us about the presence of life in the vicinity of the solar system's largest planet?

Mike Sori, assistant professor of planetary science at Purdue University explains how this week’s European Space Agency launch could be one of the most important in recent history.

On April 13, 2023, the European Space Agency is scheduled to launch a rocket carrying a spacecraft destined for Jupiter. The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer – or JUICE – will spend at least three years on Jupiter’s moons after it arrives in 2031. In October 2024, NASA is also planning…

The eight-year, £1.4bn voyage into deep space will explore the frozen oceans of Ganymede, Europa and Callisto

Europe's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is setting out for an ambitious tour of Jupiter's moons. But it will only take a brief glimpse of the potentially life-harboring Europa. Here's why.

The icy Jupiter moons Callisto, Europa and Ganymede all likely host hidden global oceans, but that's not the only reason they stand out.

JUICE, Europe's first Jupiter mission, is scheduled to lift off from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana on April 13.

A rundown of every mission to Jupiter past to present, as well as the new ones on the horizon.