28 July 2021
Hubble helps astronomers find first evidence of water vapour at Ganymede
... research has offered circumstantial evidence that Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system, contains more water than all ... upcoming mission, JUICE, which stands for JUpiter ICy moons Explorer. JUICE is the first large-class mission in ESA's...
October 2017
Cassini observations open up Saturn’s atmosphere
...of Earth bound for the ringed giant, Saturn. This sophisticated interplanetary explorer went into orbit around Saturn in July 2004, offering an exciting...instrument, and Interdisciplinary Scientist for ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission.
02 January 2021
Life beneath glaciers is good news in the search for life on icy worlds
...life on other worlds, such as on the Jovian moons, Europa and Enceladus. Researchers have long thought that...ESA’s JUICE - JUpiter ICy moons Explorer - programme planned for launch in 2022, hone in on suitable areas to explore. "There's lots of ...
September 2019
A new era in planetary defence missions
... Group. Currently, she is the Deputy Principal Investigator for the Mars-moon Exploration with GAmma rays and NEutrons (MEGANE) instrument on the JAXA Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission and the Coordination Lead on NASA’s DART mission. Asteroid...
January 2019
Materials make the space mission
... extremely low or high temperatures as well as increased temperature ranges can occur. For example, the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) will perform detailed investigations of the Jupiter system at extremely low temperatures (even colder than -200...
09 July 2021
Astronomers solve 40-year-old mystery of what causes Jupiter’s X-ray auroras
... William. More will be learnt about the 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...
