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If you go To find life on another world, Europa may be your best bet. Jupiter’s icy moons have oceans…

Scientists are confident that Europa probably has twice as much water as all of Earth’s oceans. Jupiter’s powerful gravitational field…

Illustration of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraftNASA/JPL-California Institute of Technology The largest spacecraft ever developed by NASA for an interplanetary mission…

Enlarge / The main body of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is seen on one of the mission’s deployable solar panel…

Set against the backdrop of Jupiter’s dramatic, swirling atmosphere, Europa may look a bit drab at first glance — its…

Expanding / An artist’s illustration of the Europa Clipper spacecraft’s close flyby of Jupiter’s icy moon. There is currently no…

Illustration of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraftNASA/JPL-California Institute of Technology In October, NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will begin a journey to…

Artist’s impression of the European Clipper near its namesake moonNASA Instruments aboard a NASA spacecraft scheduled to launch to Europe…

Jupiter’s moon Europa is covered with an icy shellNASA/JPL-California Institute of Technology Jupiter’s moon Europa may not be as ripe…

A plume ejects water ice from a location near the south pole of Saturn’s moon EnceladusNASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Below is…