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

Jupiter’s moon Europa has long looked like a frozen cue ball, its bright shell of ice hiding a global ocean that many astrobiologists see as one of the most promising places for life beyond Earth. New ...

American space resources company Interlune was awarded a $150,000 contract from NASA to advance its research into a lunar ...

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Australia is doing absolutely everything to protect its most iconic ecosystem — except, perhaps, the one thing that really ...

January brought a wide range of thoughtful science conversations featuring researchers from the SETI Institute, spanning everything from hands-on planetary defense with citizen scientists to careful ...

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Australia is doing absolutely everything to protect its most iconic ecosystem — except, perhaps, the one thing that really ...