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HISTORICAL FACTS: Ganymede - The Untold Story

The solar system's largest moon may be heating up — offering clues to its mysterious origins

The largest moon in the solar system — Jupiter’s Ganymede — has a unique and inexplicable magnetic field. New research could finally explain it: the moon is heating up.

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Auroras on Jupiter's giant moon Ganymede look like Earth's northern lights, NASA spacecraft reveals

Ganymede's auroras splinter into small, bright patches — structures that mirror features seen in Earth's own auroral displays.

Space

Wobbling exoplanet hints at a hidden exomoon so massive it could redefine the word 'moon' altogether

"In our solar system, the most massive moon is Ganymede, which is still extremely small compared to what we are inferring here."

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Infrared instruments could spot exotic ice on other worlds

Phases of ice that exist naturally only on frozen moons could be detected using infrared spectroscopy, according to new laboratory experiments.

Space

Michele Dougherty, First Female Astronomer Royal, Believes In Aliens: Here's Why She Thinks There's Life Outside Earth

Michele Dougherty, the UK's first female Astronomer Royal, believes life beyond Earth is likely, citing hidden oceans on moons like Enceladus and Ganymede.

International Business Times UK

Why icy alien oceans could harbor life

New research underscores the physics of potential oceans on moons like Europa and Enceladus where aliens could hide

Salon

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will scour Jupiter moon for the ingredients for life

A massive NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa

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Asteroid 10 times bigger than the dinosaur-killing space rock smashed Jupiter's largest moon off its axis

New simulations show that Jupiter's massive moon Ganymede was knocked off its axis when it was struck by a roughly 90-mile-wide asteroid around 4 billion years ago. The colossal collision was likely one of the biggest asteroid impacts the solar system has ever seen.

LiveScience

A huge asteroid crash permanently altered Jupiter's biggest moon Ganymede

A colossal asteroid slammed into Jupiter's largest moon Ganymede with so much power it dramatically and permanently reoriented the moon roughly 4 billion years ago, new research suggests.

Space

Jupiter’s moon Ganymede was struck by asteroid bigger than dinosaur-killing rock

Impact may have caused largest moon in solar system to swing on its axis, say scientists

The Guardian - UK

Europe's JUICE probe snaps hi-res pics of Earth and the moon on its way to Jupiter (photos)

JANUS, which is the high-resolution camera on the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, received a solid workout during the fly-by of Earth over Aug. 19 and Aug. 20.

Space

‘It’s going to be hair-raising’: high-risk slingshot move will send robot craft to Jupiter

European space scientists will begin a delicate navigation that will take a probe on scenic route to outer solar system

The Guardian - UK

Jupiter's violent moon Io has been the solar system's most volcanic body for around 4.5 billion years

Jupiter's moon Io is the solar system's most volcanic body thanks to a gravitational tug of war that rages below its surface. But now scientists know the violent moon has always been this way.

Space

'The Making of JUICE' film documents how scientists built a Jupiter-bound spacecraft against the odds

JUICE blasted off in April 2023 on a mission to explore Jupiter’s ocean moons and learn more about whether they could support life.

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Evidence of alien life may exist in the fractures of icy moons around Jupiter and Saturn

Researchers searching for evidence of extraterrestrial life are investigating the geological faults of Saturn’s largest icy moon, Titan, and Jupiter’s largest moon, Ganymede.

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NASA's Juno Spots Ingredients for Life on Jupiter’s Largest Moon

The seawater residue found on Ganymede contain types of salt and possibly organic compounds called aldehydes, a precursor to the building blocks of life.

Space

NASA's Juno probe detects organic compounds on huge Jupiter moon Ganymede

NASA's Juno spacecraft detected organic compounds and mineral salts on the surface of Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, hinting at a salty subsurface ocean.

Inverse

Webb Telescope Makes a Pair of Intriguing Discoveries About Jupiter’s Moons

The James Webb Space Telescope reveals secrets hiding away in Jupiter's moons Io and Ganymede --- until now.

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The top 10 Ariane 5 rocket launches of all time

The Ariane 5 is set to fly for the final time on Tuesday (July 4), ending a 27-year launch career. Relive some of its finest moments here.

The Conversation

5 incredible craters that will make you fall in love with the grandeur of our Solar System

Impact cratering happens on every solid body in the Solar System. In fact, it is the dominant process affecting the surfaces on most extraterrestrial bodies today.

Radio France Internationale

By Jove: France's instrumental part in study of Jupiter's icy moons

The European Space Agency's ambitious mission called Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, or JUICE, was launched on 14 April from French Guiana. Its main objective is to study Jupiter and its three icy moons: Ganymede, Europa, and Callisto.

Inverse

Moonquakes? Scientists are cracking open the mystery of icy moons

ESA and NASA will look for landslides on the icy moons of Europa and Ganymede potentially caused by moonquakes.

Space

Europe successfully launches JUICE mission to study Jupiter's icy moons

JUICE, Europe's first-ever Jupiter mission, launched Friday morning (April 14) on an ambitious quest to unlock the secrets of the giant planet's icy ocean moons.

The Independent UK

European spacecraft rockets toward Jupiter and its icy moons

A European spacecraft has blasted off on a quest to explore Jupiter and three of its ice-encrusted moons

Daily Mirror

Juice Jupiter rocket to search for life on moons blasts off in vital space mission

The six-tonne probe, named Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer), has blasted off on Thursday to the solar system's biggest planet to see if its ocean-bearing moons support life

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