A new finding of ammonia on the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa could have important implications for the search for ...

Using data gathered by NASA's Juno Jupiter orbiter, scientists estimate that Europa's ice shell is about 18 miles thick — ...

"Most excitingly, this new idea addresses one of the longstanding habitability problems on Europa and is a good sign for the prospects of extraterrestrial life in its ocean." ...

Researchers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) recently detected the presence of ammonia — a nitrogen-bearing compound crucial to supporting life — on ...

How could the ingredients necessary for life reach the ocean hidden beneath the ice of Europa, this moon of Jupiter? This ...

In the velvet blackness of the outer Solar System, 400 million miles from the comfort of our own sun, lies a frozen world that may just be the most important address in our search for cosmic ...