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 ...

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 ...

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

Research suggests Jupiter's icy moon lacks the seafloor activity needed to sustain biology, dimming hopes for habitability.

Beneath Europa's icy shell lies an ocean vaster than Earth's. But is its hidden world buzzing with life, or silent as the ...

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

A shocking CIA document has just raised doubts that the mysterious interstellar object is really a comet like NASA has ...

New research suggests Jupiter’s moon Europa may lack seafloor activity needed for life, despite its vast subsurface ocean and ...

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

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