Europa, along with Jupiter's three other large moons, Io, Ganymede, and Callisto, was discovered by Galileo Galilei on 8 January 1610, and possibly independently by Simon Marius.
Európa spolu s ďalšími veľkými mesiacmi Jupitera Io, Ganymede a Callisto objavil Galileo Galilei 8. januára 1610, a možno aj nezávisle od Simona Mariusa.