What flavors our food may also season the sea of Jupiter’s moon Europa. Sulfate salts were thought to lurk in the watery ocean under the moon’s icy crust. But data from the Hubble Space Telescope ...

Salt from a subsurface sea on Jupiter’s moon Europa might scribble the rust-colored bands that crisscross the satellite’s icy surface. The salt is probably deposited on the surface by liquid water ...

It’s not something NASA likes to advertise, but ever since its creation in 1958, the space agency has only conducted one direct, focused hunt for extraterrestrial life—and that was more than 40 years ...

It may not seem like it at first, but the discovery about the moon's dark spots is a significant piece to the puzzle as to whether Europa harbors life. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share ...

Earth’s deep-sea hydrothermal vents provide a model for understanding how life could exist on Europa. Holden’s team is studying how vent microbes generate energy using hydrogenases to predict what ...