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 […]
Callisto
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Callisto, Europa, Ganymede, Icy Worlds, Io, Jupiter, Missions & Hardware, Press Release
Introducing Juice’s Odyssey Of Exploration – And Astrobiology
ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Juice, is humanity’s next bold mission to the outer Solar System.
Posted inBiogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Callisto, Icy Worlds, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Press Release
Callisto’s Atmosphere: First Evidence For H2 And Constraints On H2O
We explore the parameter space for the contribution to Callisto’s H corona observed by the Hubble Space Telescope (Roth et al. 2017a) from sublimated H2O and radiolytically produced H2 using […]
Posted inCallisto, Europa, Ganymede, Icy Worlds, Jupiter
Thermal Conductivity Measurements Of Macroscopic Frozen Salt Ice Analogs Of Jovian Icy Moons In Support Of The Planned JUICE Mission
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 […]
Posted inCallisto, Ganymede
A Tenuous, Collisional Atmosphere On Callisto
A simulation tool which utilizes parallel processing is developed to describe molecular kinetics in 2D, single-and multi-component atmospheres on Callisto. This expands on our previous study on the role of […]