A SpaceX Falcon Heavy launched NASA's Europa Clipper mission Monday to investigate Europa, a moon of Jupiter's that has an icy surface which may have an ocean under it, teeming with life. (Photo ...

"Eight minutes later, the orbiter started receiving data from the descent probe, which slammed into the top of the Jovian atmosphere at a comet-like speed of 170,000 kilometers per hour," NASA ...

Europa Clipper is NASA’s bold mission to investigate whether Jupiter’s moon Europa could harbor life beneath its frozen ...

China is positioning itself to take the lead in one of the most coveted goals in planetary science—returning samples from ...