Nearly two months ago, NASA’s Europa Clipper mission launched from our Space Coast, setting off on a six-year journey to explore Jupiter’s moon, Europa.

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The aquarium at ICON Park will host NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) “Voyage of Europa Clipper: Exploring an Alien Ocean” exhibit on Sept. 28-29.

NASA has given the go-ahead to next month’s launch to Jupiter’s moon Europa.

New research suggests there’s less oxygen on the icy surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa than thought.

China’s Foreign Ministry has condemned a resolution passed by the European Parliament concerning Hong Kong's shrinking rights to free speech.

A European spacecraft has blasted off on a quest to explore Jupiter and three of its ice-encrusted moons.

NASA's Juno spacecraft has made the closest approach to Jupiter's tantalizing, icy moon Europa in more than 20 years.

A small conservative opposition party whose support is seen crucial in attempts to form a majority government In Estonia following the break-up of the governing center-right coalition earlier this month said on Saturday that it will start power-sharing talks with two other parties.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says Croatia is ready to join the group of countries using the euro single currency at the start of next year.

The European Union has agreed to slash Russian oil imports in a tough escalation of the bloc’s campaign of sanctions to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.

Energy experts say the European Union’s decision to ban nearly all oil from Russia to punish the country for its invasion of Ukraine may be blunted by rising energy prices and other countries willing to buy some of the excess petroleum.

China is renewing its criticism of Western sanctions against Russia and says it won't be forced to choose sides in the conflict in Ukraine.

The European Union’s top diplomat says he has ordered the suspension of combat training for soldiers in Mali.

European Union countries are accusing Russia of committing war crimes in Ukraine.

Russia has lost influence and friends since the collapse of the Soviet empire in 1989.

Poland's main ruling party says the country's finance minister has resigned over “shortcomings” of the new tax system that has led to lower net pay for many professionals.

The European Union wants to set up a system of trade sanctions that it could impose on any foreign power it accuses of trying to coerce the 27-country bloc for economic or political gain.

Europa Clipper will hitch a ride on SpaceX's Falcon Heavy.

FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, EU and Chinese flags at the Europa building in Brussels. Chinas European Union envoy on Wednesday Jan. 27, 2021, is urging the 27-nation European bloc to deepen its ties with his country even further and says he hopes the EUs desire for strategic autonomy will guide its foreign policy in the future . “China and the EU are comprehensive and strategic partners with 45 years of diplomatic ties. Speaking at a Friends of Europe think-tank event, Zhang said the “EU is a strong advocate for strategic autonomy and open cooperation. EU foreign ministers are still trying to establish exactly what it means.

Belgian Minister of Cooperation Development and Finance, Alexander De Croo speaks during a media conference at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020. Despite his age, the 44-year-old De Croo is already a veteran in Belgian politics and was vice premier in the outgoing government. He would be the first Dutch-speaking prime minister in nine years. European Council President Charles Michel, a former Belgian prime minister himself, congratulated De Croo and said that “COVID-19 hit us badly, but I count on you and your government to guide us past this challenge." It made compromise politics, an essential element of Belgian politics, even harder.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Jupiter and its enticing moon Europa shine in a new photo by the Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble snapped the picture last month when the planet was 406 million miles (653 million kilometers) away, and the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore released it Thursday. Europa, which is smaller than our own moon, appears as a pale dot alongside its giant, color-streaked gas planet. NASA plans to launch a spacecraft, the Europa Clipper, later this decade to see if conditions there might be ripe for life. ___The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education.

The number of Britons moving to live in European Union countries has soared since the Brexit vote in 2016, a U.K.-German study has revealed Tuesday Aug. 4, 2020. Spain saw the largest number of U.K. arrivals, followed by France. Migration among the 27 countries that now remain in the European Union remained relatively stable during the same period, the researchers found. The number of Britons seeking passports from EU nations also soared by more than 500%. Brexit has left about 3.6 million EU citizens in the U.K. and more than 1 million Britons in the 27 EU nations scrambling to preserve their residency and employment status.

Friday's Council meeting is just the first step in intense discussions that could culminate with a deal in July if member states overcome their differences. The Commission proposed to work it out based on criteria including the size of population, gross domestic product per capita and unemployment. Under the commission's plans, the recovery fund should be incorporated in the 2021-2027 EU budget. The European Commission has a triple A credit rating, which would give it favorable loan terms. Such revenues would make the EU budget less dependent on national contributions from member states, which are reluctant to pay more.

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks during an online news conference following a video conference of European Foreign and Defense Ministers meeting at the Europa building in Brussels, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. The operation - dubbed Irini, the Greek word for peace - was launched on April 1. He said the personnel contacted the Turkish and Tanzanian authorities to try to verify the information, and they also informed the United Nations. We cannot do anything more than to transmit this information to the United Nations. It is the United Nations who gathers this information in order to control the implementation of the arms embargo.