Crystallography relevant to Mars and Galilean icy moons: crystal behavior of kieserite-type monohydrate sulfates at extraterrestrial conditions down to 15 K [PDF]
IUCrJ, 2022 Monohydrate sulfate kieserites (M2+SO4·H2O) and their solid solutions are essential constituents on the surface of Mars and most likely also on Galilean icy moons in our solar system. Phase stabilities of end-member representatives (M2+ = Mg, Fe, Co, Ni)
Manfred Wildner +5 more
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Spectroscopic Detection of Biosignatures in Natural Ice Samples as a Proxy for Icy Moons [PDF]
Life, 2023 Some of the icy moons of the solar system with a subsurface ocean, such as Europa and Enceladus, are the targets of future space missions that search for potential extraterrestrial life forms.
Francisco Calapez +6 more
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Jupiter Science Enabled by ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer. [PDF]
Space Sci Rev, 2023 AbstractESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) will provide a detailed investigation of the Jovian system in the 2030s, combining a suite of state-of-the-art instruments with an orbital tour tailored to maximise observing opportunities. We review the Jupiter science enabled by the JUICE mission, building on the legacy of discoveries from the Galileo,
Fletcher LN +49 more
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Thermal picks for anchoring on icy moons [PDF]
Heliyon, 2019 Europa, Enceladus, and other icy moons are exciting science targets, but our capabilities to adequately explore these planetary bodies needs to be developed.
Adam H. Halperin +2 more
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How to Detect Life on Icy Moons. [PDF]
Astrobiology, 2018 The icy moons of the outer Solar System present the possibility of subsurface water, habitable conditions, and potential abodes for life. Access to evidence that reveals the presence of life on the icy moons can be facilitated by plumes that eject material from the subsurface out into space.
Sephton MA, Waite JH, Brockwell TG.
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Polymerization of Building Blocks of Life on Europa and Other Icy Moons. [PDF]
Astrobiology, 2015 The outer solar system may provide a potential habitat for extraterrestrial life. Remote sensing data from the Galileo spacecraft suggest that the jovian icy moons, Europa, Ganymede, and possibly Callisto, may harbor liquid water oceans underneath their icy crusts.
Kimura J, Kitadai N.
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A Review on Hypothesized Metabolic Pathways on Europa and Enceladus: Space-Flight Detection Considerations [PDF]
Life, 2023 Enceladus and Europa, icy moons of Saturn and Jupiter, respectively, are believed to be habitable with liquid water oceans and therefore are of interest for future life detection missions and mission concepts. With the limited data from missions to these
Jessica M. Weber +5 more
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In Situ Formation of Icy Moons of Uranus and Neptune [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2018 Satellites of giant planets thought to form in gaseous circumplanetary disks (CPDs) during the late planet-formation phase, but it was unknown so far whether smaller mass planets, such as the ice giants could form such disks, thus moons there. We combined radiative hydrodynamical simulations with satellite population synthesis to investigate the ...
Marco Cilibrasi +3 more
arxiv +7 more sources
Icy Moon Surface Simulation and Stereo Depth Estimation for Sampling Autonomy [PDF]
Sampling autonomy for icy moon lander missions requires understanding of topographic and photometric properties of the sampling terrain. Unavailability of high resolution visual datasets (either bird-eye view or point-of-view from a lander) is an obstacle for selection, verification or development of perception systems.
Ramchander Rao Bhaskara +7 more
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Ions in the Deep Subsurface of Earth, Mars, and Icy Moons: Their Effects in Combination with Temperature and Pressure on tRNA-Ligand Binding. [PDF]
Int J Mol Sci, 2021 Jahmidi-Azizi N +4 more
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