March 2018
Plumes on Europa - tasting an extra-terrestrial ocean
..., it will be the first opportunity to study this enigmatic world from close-quarters since the Galileo mission. One of the 11 JUICE experiments is the Particle Environment Package (PEP), comprising six instruments designed to study the particle...
05 November 2018
First global thermal map of Europa reveals curious cold spot
... and extents of any such activity and give future interplanetary missions a heads-up as to where to start looking for signs... either NASA’s Clipper or ESA’s and NASA’s joint JUICE mission reaches this frigid but curious moon. For the time-being...
14 May 2018
Best evidence yet for plumes on Europa
...a real feature say the team. Ironically Galileo ended its mission by plunging into Jupiter's atmosphere in September, 2003 to...2022 – NASA’s Europa Clipper and the European Space Agency’s JUICE mission – whose aim is to determine whether the icy moon ...
25 July 2018
Radiation on Europa dictates where search for life begins
...down on Europa, when NASA’s Europa Clipper or ESA’s JUICE mission heads to the small Jovian icy moon in a few ... on Europa's surface and is important information for future Europa missions," said Chris Paranicas, a co-author from the Johns Hopkins ...
09 July 2021
Astronomers solve 40-year-old mystery of what causes Jupiter’s X-ray auroras
... and other aspects of Jupiter when ESA’s JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) arrives at the gas giant by 2029. When settled in its orbit, JUICE will study the planet’s atmosphere, magnetosphere, and the effect that Jupiter...
02 January 2021
Life beneath glaciers is good news in the search for life on icy worlds
... can flourish in icy environments through the generation of hydrogen gas, it could help future missions such as NASA’s Europa Clipper and ESA’s JUICE - JUpiter ICy moons Explorer - programme planned for launch in 2022, hone in on suitable areas...
