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Europe just invested over $380 million in an alien-hunting space mission to...
In the ultimate quest for life beyond Earth, some of Jupiter's largest moons hold great potential, and Europe plans to explore that potential in the coming years. What's more, their mission just hit a...
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This chart shows all 10 of the likeliest ocean worlds in space
Ask someone "which way is the ocean?" and they'll probably point toward the coast.NASA would tell you to look up at the stars.Earth boasts roughly 320 million cubic miles' worth of water. That's a lot...
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Elon Musk says his new rocket could get us to an icy moon where alien life...
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk just declared that his spaceflight company, SpaceX, could use it biggest rocket to send a crew-carrying spacecraft all the way to Jupiter.The giant planet Jupiter is...
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NASA's 'major' Mars news is a distraction from something much more exciting
Last week NASA sent out a cryptic press release about solving a "major" mystery on Mars. Beyond that the space agency provided little information — until an announcement Monday morning.So what is the...
View ArticleThis NASA robot can drive ‘upside down’ under ice
Scientists from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory designed a rover robot that might one day explore the oceans of Jupiter's moon Europa. BLUIE explored methane seeps while "driving" under ice on frozen...
View ArticleHere's why aliens might actually exist
Recent scientific discoveries increasingly point to signs of extraterrestrial life. And now, many believe the question is no longer "Is there life beyond Earth?" but rather "Will we ever find...
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NASA is quietly developing a plan to land on this mysterious water world
In February, NASA announced that it was investing in a $2 billion mission to Europa — a tiny moon of Jupiter that is one of the most likely places for life beyond Earth.Their spacecraft, called the...
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There's a mission to this mysterious water world that could detect the first...
In February, NASA announced that it was investing in a $2 billion mission to Europa — a tiny moon of Jupiter that is one of the most likely places for life beyond Earth.Their spacecraft, called the...
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This frigid world is our best hope of finding alien life
Sending a spacecraft to a distant, frozen moon might sound like a waste of time.But once you know that moon hides a vast subsurface ocean — what astronomers think is the most likely place we'll find...
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'This is going to be a mission that's one of the best that NASA has ever done'
NASA has unveiled the beautiful faces of far-off worlds like Mars, Jupiter, and Pluto, but there's one face it has yet to see: the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa, which is one of the most likely...
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President Obama wants to give NASA $19 billion — but there’s a catch
The first stage in deciding NASA’s budget for 2017 has just been completed: the President’s Budget Request.Although important, the budget will be chopped and changed over the coming months before it is...
View ArticleNeil deGrasse Tyson explains why we need to find aliens
Neil deGrasse Tyson explains why finding alien life would change everything we know about our own world.Produced by Darren Weaver and Kamelia Angelova. Additional production by Kevin Reilly.Follow TI:...
View ArticleHere's why aliens might actually exist
Recent scientific discoveries increasingly point to signs of extraterrestrial life. And now, many believe the question is no longer "Is there life beyond Earth?" but rather "Will we ever find...
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Here's an inside look at the mission to detect alien life on this mysterious...
While “Breakthrough Starshot” just announced plans for a groundbreaking mission to hunt for extraterrestrial life light-years away, scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have set their...
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Here's an inside look at the mission to detect alien life on this mysterious...
While “Breakthrough Starshot” just announced plans for a groundbreaking mission to hunt for extraterrestrial life light-years away, scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have set their...
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A mysterious ocean on a frozen moon just became our best shot at finding...
Scientists have long thought that a vast ocean beneath the icy crust of Europa, a moon of Jupiter, is a great place to look for alien life.Now, a new study out of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory finds...
View ArticleThis mysterious moon has an Earth-like ocean that may harbor alien life
Scientists have long thought that the vast ocean we think is beneath the icy surface of Jupiter's frigid moon Europa could be the place most likely to harbor alien life.Now, a new study out of NASA's...
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Scientists just found evidence of potential alien life lurking beneath the...
A new study released by NASA on Tuesday shows that oceans on Europa, one of Jupiter’s 67 known moons, might have a lot in common with our own oceans, including a chemical balance capable of harboring...
View ArticleNASA's 'Mohawk Guy' thinks it's only a matter of time before we find aliens
In 2012, Bobak Ferdowsi (aka "NASA Mohawk Guy") went viral for his unusual hairdo during the Mars Curiosity Rover landing. Now he's working on a mission to find signs of habitability on Europa, one of...
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NASA will soon reveal a surprising discovery about a moon of Jupiter that may...
NASA on Tuesday issued a cryptic press announcement about Europa, an ice-encrusted moon of Jupiter that likely hides twice as much warm, liquid, and potentially habitable water as Earth.The US space...
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