JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE): An ESA mission to orbit Ganymede and to characterise the Jupiter system

O Grasset, MK Dougherty, A Coustenis… - Planetary and Space …, 2013 - Elsevier
Past exploration of Jupiter's diverse satellite system has forever changed our understanding
of the unique environments to be found around gas giants, both in our solar system and …

Ice structures, patterns, and processes: A view across the icefields

T Bartels-Rausch, V Bergeron, JHE Cartwright… - Reviews of Modern …, 2012 - APS
From the frontiers of research on ice dynamics in its broadest sense, this review surveys the
structures of ice, the patterns or morphologies it may assume, and the physical and chemical …

Endogenous CO2 ice mixture on the surface of Europa and no detection of plume activity

GL Villanueva, HB Hammel, SN Milam, S Faggi… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Jupiter's moon Europa has a subsurface ocean beneath an icy crust. Conditions within the
ocean are unknown, and it is unclear whether it is connected to the surface. We observed …

The distribution of CO2 on Europa indicates an internal source of carbon

SK Trumbo, ME Brown - Science, 2023 - science.org
Jupiter's moon Europa has a subsurface ocean, the chemistry of which is largely unknown.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) has previously been detected on the surface of Europa, but it was not …

Advances in hyperspectral remote sensing of vegetation and agricultural crops

PS Thenkabail, JG Lyon, A Huete - … , Sensor Systems, Spectral …, 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
Hyperspectral data (Table 1) is acquired as continuous narrowbands (eg, each band with 1
to 10 nanometer or nm bandwidths) over a range of electromagnetic spectrum (eg, 400 …

Abundant molecular oxygen in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

A Bieler, K Altwegg, H Balsiger, A Bar-Nun… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
The composition of the neutral gas comas of most comets is dominated by H2O, CO and
CO2, typically comprising as much as 95 per cent of the total gas density. In addition …

Energetic ion and electron irradiation of the icy Galilean satellites

JF Cooper, RE Johnson, BH Mauk, HB Garrett… - Icarus, 2001 - Elsevier
Galileo Orbiter measurements of energetic ions (20 keV to 100 MeV) and electrons (20–700
keV) in Jupiter's magnetosphere are used, in conjunction with the JPL electron model (< 40 …

Exploring the composition of Europa with the upcoming Europa Clipper mission

TM Becker, MY Zolotov, MS Gudipati… - Space Science …, 2024 - Springer
Jupiter's icy moon, Europa, harbors a subsurface liquid water ocean; the prospect of this
ocean being habitable motivates further exploration of the moon with the upcoming NASA …

JWST molecular mapping and characterization of Enceladus' water plume feeding its torus

GL Villanueva, HB Hammel, SN Milam, V Kofman… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Enceladus is a prime target in the search for life in our Solar System, having an active plume
that is likely to be connected to a large liquid water sub-surface ocean. Using the sensitive …

Investigating Europa's habitability with the Europa Clipper

SD Vance, KL Craft, E Shock, BE Schmidt… - Space Science …, 2023 - Springer
The habitability of Europa is a property within a system, which is driven by a multitude of
physical and chemical processes and is defined by many interdependent parameters, so …