While no spacecraft is near enough to fly through 3I/ATLAS’s dust tail, Europa Clipper may find itself in the path of the ...

Two ESA spacecraft, Hera and Europa Clipper, are poised to fly through the long tail of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, a new ...

Astronomers may be just weeks away from an unprecedented opportunity to learn more about our solar system’s interstellar ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration showing the Europa Clipper as it flies past the Jovian moon Europa as Jupiter ...

The cosmos continually surprises us, and the upcoming alignment of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft offers an exciting glimpse into the universe's mysteries. This ...

The spacecraft atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket could launch as soon as 12:06 p.m. EDT on Monday, October 14, from Kennedy Space Center.

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, en route to Jupiter's icy ocean moon Europa, recently captured a ghostly infrared portrait of Mars — a cosmic photo op that helped scientists fine-tune an instrument ...

As it soared past Mars in March, NASA's Europa Clipper conducted a critical radar test that had been impossible to accomplish on Earth. Now that mission scientists have studied the full stream of data ...

NASA has launched its Europa Clipper spacecraft, the biggest one it has ever built for a mission heading to another planet, on top of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — (AP) — A NASA spacecraft has set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa, one of the best bets for finding life beyond Earth. Europa Clipper will peer beneath the moon's icy crust ...

An illustrated depiction of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL On October 14, NASA launched Europa Clipper, its largest planetary mission spacecraft yet. It’s headed to Jupiter’s icy ...

"It's an exciting time on the spacecraft, getting these key deployments done." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's Europa ...