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Juice spacecraft detects life’s building blocks on Earth, prepares to do the same for Jupiter’s icy Moons
It appears that life does indeed exist on Earth. The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) pre-mission ...
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Why send a space mission to Jupiter's moons?
The European Space Agency has launched its Juice mission to study the icy moons of Jupiter. We asked Prof Emma Bunce from Leicester University to explain the purpose of the project. The Griffith ...
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The small moons of Jupiter
Jupiter has four large moons – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – with diameters of more than 3000 kilometres. However, as of April 2023, we know it is also home to 91 additional small satellites.
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Mission to investigate signs of life on Jupiter's icy moons
The spacecraft is currently on its way to orbit Jupiter and investigate the planet's three ocean-bearing icy moons—Ganymede, Callisto and Europa—with a suite of remote sensing, geophysical and ...
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The GALA altimeter
GALA is a 'laser altimeter' – an instrument that measures the heights and depths of a planetary landscape via the transit time of laser pulses. The GAnymede Laser Altimeter (GALA) for ESA's JUICE ...
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NASA’s Juno probe reveals water in Jupiter’s atmosphere
If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. For scientists studying Jupiter, there’s plenty to see. The gas giant has a wealth of ...