A Passive Probe for Subsurface Oceans and Liquid Water in Jupiter's Icy Moons [PDF]
, 2014 We describe an interferometric reflectometer method for passive detection of subsurface oceans and liquid water in Jovian icy moons using Jupiter's decametric radio emission (DAM).
Heggy, Essam +5 more
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The Complex Molecules Detector (CMOLD): A Fluidic-Based Instrument Suite to Search for (Bio)chemical Complexity on Mars and Icy Moons. [PDF]
Astrobiology, 2020 Organic chemistry is ubiquitous in the Solar System, and both Mars and a number of icy satellites of the outer Solar System show substantial promise for having hosted or hosting life.
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Saturn's Icy Moon Rhea: a Prediction for Bulk Chemical Composition and Physical Structure at the Time of the Cassini Spacecraft First Flyby [PDF]
, 2005 I report a model for the formation of Saturn's family of mid-sized icy moons to coincide with the first flypast of Rhea by the Cassini Orbiter spacecraft on 26 November 2005.
Andrew J. R. Prentice +18 more
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Toward Understanding Polar Heat Transport Enhancement in Subglacial Oceans on Icy Moons
Geophysical Research LettersThe interior oceans of several icy moons are considered as affected by rotation. Observations suggest a larger heat transport around the poles than at the equator.
Robert Hartmann +3 more
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Plume Sample Modification at Icy Moons: Implications for Biosignatures
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2020 Water from the plumes of icy moons is a potential sampling target that may preserve the aqueous chemistry of the interior oceans, as well as organics and other biosignatures or prebiotic chemical precursors.
Matthew A. Pasek
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Thermal conductivity measurements of macroscopic frozen salt ice analogues of Jovian icy moons in support of the planned JUICE mission [PDF]
, 2021 The study of thermal properties of frozen salt solutions representative of ice layers in Jovian moons is crucial to support the JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) (ESA) and Europa Clipper (NASA) missions, which will be launched in the upcoming years to ...
Cristóbal González Díaz +11 more
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Lateral melt variations induce shift in Io’s peak tidal heating [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsThe innermost Galilean moon, Io, exhibits widespread tidally-driven volcanism. Monitoring of its volcanoes has revealed that they are not homogeneously distributed across its surface: volcanic activity is higher at low latitudes and peaks east of the sub-
Allard Veenstra +4 more
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Q&A Europa Clipper mission [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsNASA’s latest space probe Europa Clipper, was launched on October 14, 2024, and will study Jupiter’s moon Europa. Europa is covered by an icy crust and is thought to host a subsurface ocean of liquid water. Europa Clipper’s main mission objectives are to
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An astrobiological perspective on microbial biofilms: their importance for habitability and production of detectable and lasting biosignatures [PDF]
Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyThe search for life elsewhere in the universe has remained one of the main goals of astrobiological exploration. In this quest, extreme environments on Earth have served as analogs to study the potential habitability of Mars and icy moons, which include ...
Sarah Gonzalez-Henao, Matthew O. Schrenk
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Laboratory Investigation of CO2-driven Enhancement of Radiolytic H2O2 on Europa and Other Icy Moons
The Planetary Science JournalObservations of Europa’s leading hemisphere reveal elevated H _2 O _2 in the warmer, low-latitude chaos terrains compared to the colder, polar regions.
Bereket D. Mamo +7 more
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