Jupiter-IC Moons Explorer or Juice will be blasting off from French Guyana to visit Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. Could it be the next chapter in our hunt for extraterrestrial life? Stuart Clark is an astronomer, journalist and author of books including Beneath the Night Sky.
The European Space Agency’s long-awaited Juice Mission is about to blast off for Jupiter’s moons. Its goal: to find out whether the oceans below their icy surfaces could be capable of supporting life. Madeleine Finlay speaks to Dr Stuart Clark about why moons are the new Mars for scientists seeking life, how magnetic fields can help us understand these mysterious lunar oceans, and what Juice might mean for our understanding of life beyond the solar system. Help support our independent journalism at
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