ON 14 April this 12 months, the European Area Company despatched a brand new spacecraft off on its eight-year journey to Jupiter. The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE, illustrated above) will fly by three of Jupiter’s 4 greatest moons, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, earlier than going into orbit round Ganymede, the largest moon within the photo voltaic system. That is an thrilling mission as a result of these icy moons, with their subsurface oceans, are among the most promising locations to search for life. And now that Jupiter is as soon as once more showing in our evening skies, we will see these icy moons ourselves.
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