Europe is a continent [t] located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the …

5 days ago · Europe, second smallest of the world’s continents, composed of the westward-projecting peninsulas of Eurasia (the great landmass that it shares with Asia) and occupying nearly one …

2 days ago · Find out how many EU Member States there are, how big the EU economy is, how people live in the EU, and other useful facts about the EU. Discover what the EU does for citizens, how it …

Apr 25, 2025 · Europa is the fourth largest of Jupiter’s 95 moons. It's the sixth-closest moon to the planet. Europa may be one of the most promising places in our solar system to find present-day …

Europa's icy surface may cover an ocean that could potentially host life. The European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA have each launched missions to visit Europa and investigate its habitability. Europa …

Political map of Europe showing member states of the European Union, non-member states, and EU candidates, with the location of country capitals and major cities.

May 3, 2023 · Europa is one of the Galilean moons of Jupiter, along with Io, Ganymede and Callisto. Astronomer Galileo Galilei gets the credit for discovering these Galilean moons, among the largest in …

Europa was discovered independently by Simon Marius and Galileo Galilei. [2] Marius later named it after Europa, the Phoenician mother of King Minos of Crete and lover of Zeus (the Greek equivalent …

Apr 21, 2025 · Europa has only a tenuous atmosphere of oxygen, but in 2013, NASA announced that researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope found evidence that Europa might be actively …

Dec 15, 2025 · Europa, the smallest and second nearest of the four large moons (Galilean satellites) discovered around Jupiter by the Italian astronomer Galileo in 1610. It was probably also discovered …