Jupiter's moon Europa is on the short list of places in our solar system seen as promising in the search for life beyond ...

A new study is skeptical that life could still be present on Jupiter's moon Europa, where a NASA spacecraft launched in ...

Methane released in exhaust could move from one lunar pole to the other in less than two lunar days, with roughly half of it eventually depositing in areas that may preserve the original chemical ...

As lunar missions increase, scientists warn that spacecraft exhaust may contaminate sensitive regions of the moon faster than ...

"We're not saying, and we can't say, that there's no life in Europa. What we're saying is that it's a harder proposition, ...

One day, scientists hope, it will be possible for regular human life to take place not just on Earth, but in other parts of our solar system. Whether that’s on another planet in the Goldilocks Zone ...

A small, icy moon of Saturn called Enceladus is one of the prime targets in the search for life elsewhere in the solar system. A new study strengthens the case for Enceladus being a habitable world.

The evidence that an ocean-covered moon orbiting around Saturn could support life just got a little stronger. Enceladus, a small moon harboring a vast ocean beneath its icy surface, has long been ...