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  1. @Umbertogaetani One thing that surprised me: I don’t see Roth et al.’s #HST work on #Europa’s #plume/water-vapor signatures cited here, nor Saur et al. or much from the Europa #SpacePlasma community.

    Not fatal for their thermo-fluid model I guess, but given the broader claim about limited #ocean–#surface exchange, it feels like a gap in the framing.

    #IcyMoons #SpacePhysics

  2. @Umbertogaetani Their simulations suggest that #water rising through narrow dykes would freeze too quickly to supply the volumes needed for features such as chaos terrain, pits, domes or ridges. #Turbulence makes this worse by enhancing heat loss, supercooling the water, producing frazil ice, and clogging the dyke.

    If correct, shallow liquid reservoirs on #Europa may form more by local in situ melting than by direct #ocean-to-surface exchange.

    #PlanetaryScience #SpacePhysics #IcyMoons

  3. RE: mastodon.uno/@Umbertogaetani/1

    🌖🌊 Interesting new #NatureAstronomy paper on #Europa’s #subsurface #ocean:

    Ojha, Barik & Buffo argue that direct liquid-water transport from Europa’s deep ocean into shallow subsurface reservoirs may be much more limited than often assumed.

    🌍 doi.org/10.1038/s41550-026-029

    Thanks @Umbertogaetani for sharing ✌️

    #PlanetaryScience #SpacePhysics #IcyMoons #Astrobiology

  4. Today at the institute, on my way to the kitchen, I passed the current issue of #LaborJournal. Its cover story is about #astrobiology on #IcyMoons. Funny to see my old #SpacePhysics PhD topic, icy moons, reappear here in #Neuroscience. The loop seems to close after all 😅

  5. Today, on my way to the kitchen at the institute, I passed the current issue of "Labor Journal" (Lab Journal). Its cover story is about #astrobiology on #IcyMoons. Found it a bit funny to see this topic again here. I worked on icy moons back when I was still in #SpacePhysics. Now, in #Neuroscience, the loop seems to close after all 😅

    #LaborJournal #enceladus #ganymede #jupiter #saturn #SolarSystem

  6. Subsurface Oceans on Icy Moons Could Experience Boiling Due to Tidal Heating

    📰 Original title: Hidden oceans on icy moons may be boiling beneath the surface

    🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
    👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

    View full AI summary: killbait.com/en/subsurface-oce

    #astronomy #icymoons #oceanworlds #tidalheating

  7. Europa Clipper is on it's way to Jupiter's Moon Europa. That's all for now from our live coverage. We thank you for your attention. See you next time. Clear skies and bye bye. #EuropaClipper #NASA #Jupiter #Moon #IcyMoons #Europa #Space #science

  8. Gravity/Radio Science equipment will measure how Europa’s shape and its gravity field change as the moon’s non-circular orbit carries it closer, then farther, from Jupiter. #EuropaClipper #NASA #Jupiter #Moon #IcyMoons #Europa #Space #science

  9. More instruments: Surface Dust Analyzer (SUDA) will identify the chemistry of material emitted from Europa’s surface by tiny meteorite impacts. A subsurface ocean or reservoirs might also vent material into space. #EuropaClipper #NASA #Jupiter #Moon #IcyMoons #Europa #Space #science

  10. Europa Clipper is successfully launched and on it's way to Jupiter's icy moon Europa. In a few hours the anchoring are cut to spread out the solar panels. #EuropaClipper #NASA #Jupiter #Moon #IcyMoons #Europa #Space #science

  11. Second burn was successfully. We have video connection from Europa Clipper again. Next step is the separation of Europa Clipper from the second stage. #EuropaClipper #NASA #Jupiter #Moon #IcyMoons #Europa #Space #science

  12. Because the data is transferred via the telemetry system network and not via the Deep Space Network, we have a much lower data rates, not enough to transfer video through it. #EuropaClipper #NASA #Jupiter #Moon #IcyMoons #Europa #Space #science

  13. We are getting ready for the second burn. It's a longer burn (more than 3 minutes) than the first one to bring Europa Clipper to interplanetary orbit. We can't see the burn on live pictures at the moment but we have live telemetry #EuropaClipper #NASA #Jupiter #Moon #IcyMoons #Europa #Space #science

  14. Mass Spectrometer for Planetary Exploration/Europa (MASPEX) will analyze gases — both in Europa’s faint atmosphere and in possible plumes. It will study the chemistry of the moon’s suspected subsurface ocean. #EuropaClipper #NASA #Jupiter #Moon #IcyMoons #Europa #Space #science

  15. The camera on Europa Clipper has the same sensors as an iPhone X, but modified for this mission to create pictures in the magnetic environment around Europa and Jupiter. #EuropaClipper #NASA #Jupiter #Moon #IcyMoons #Europa #Space #science

  16. Radar for Europa Assessment and Sounding: Ocean to Near-surface (REASON) is an ice-penetrating radar that will probe Europa’s icy shell for reflections from the moon’s suspected ocean and study the ice’s structure and thickness. #EuropaClipper #NASA #Jupiter #Moon #IcyMoons #Europa #Space #science

  17. More instruments: Plasma Instrument for Magnetic Sounding (PIMS) will separate distortions due to charged particles from Europa’s induced magnetic field, which carries information about Europa’s ocean. #EuropaClipper #NASA #Jupiter #Moon #IcyMoons #Europa #Space #science

  18. 2.6 million people signed the Message in the Bottle message that is added as a chip to the plate flying with Europa Clipper. Also our names are flying to Europa today. #EuropaClipper #NASA #Jupiter #Moon #IcyMoons #Europa #Space #science