Exploring the interior of Europa with the Europa Clipper

JH Roberts, WB McKinnon, CM Elder, G Tobie… - Space Science …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Galileo mission to Jupiter revealed that Europa is an ocean world. The Galileo
magnetometer experiment in particular provided strong evidence for a salty subsurface …

Exploring the composition of Europa with the upcoming Europa Clipper mission

TM Becker, MY Zolotov, MS Gudipati… - Space Science …, 2024 - Springer
Jupiter's icy moon, Europa, harbors a subsurface liquid water ocean; the prospect of this
ocean being habitable motivates further exploration of the moon with the upcoming NASA …

Radar evidence of subglacial liquid water on Mars

R Orosei, SE Lauro, E Pettinelli, A Cicchetti, M Coradini… - Science, 2018 - science.org
The presence of liquid water at the base of the martian polar caps has long been suspected
but not observed. We surveyed the Planum Australe region using the MARSIS (Mars …

Five decades of radioglaciology

DM Schroeder, RG Bingham, DD Blankenship… - Annals of …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Radar sounding is a powerful geophysical approach for characterizing the subsurface
conditions of terrestrial and planetary ice masses at local to global scales. As a result, a wide …

Strong MARSIS radar reflections from the base of Martian south polar cap may be due to conductive ice or minerals

CJ Bierson, S Tulaczyk, SW Courville… - Geophysical Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Recent results from the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding
(MARSIS) instrument have been interpreted as evidence of subsurface brine pooled …

[HTML][HTML] Three phase equilibria of the methane hydrate in NaCl solutions: A simulation study

S Blazquez, C Vega, MM Conde - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2023 - Elsevier
Molecular dynamics simulations have been performed to determine the three-phase
coexistence temperature for a methane hydrate system in equilibrium with a NaCl solution …

Radar for Europa assessment and sounding: ocean to near-surface (REASON)

DD Blankenship, A Moussessian, E Chapin… - Space science …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Radar for Europa Assessment and Sounding: Ocean to Near-surface
(REASON) is a dual-frequency ice-penetrating radar (9 and 60 MHz) onboard the Europa …

Three-phase equilibria of hydrates from computer simulation. I. Finite-size effects in the methane hydrate

S Blazquez, J Algaba, JM Míguez, C Vega… - The Journal of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Clathrate hydrates are vital in energy research and environmental applications.
Understanding their stability is crucial for harnessing their potential. In this work, we employ …

Using MARSIS signal attenuation to assess the presence of South Polar Layered Deposit subglacial brines

SE Lauro, E Pettinelli, G Caprarelli… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Knowledge of the physical and thermal properties of the South Polar Layer
Deposits (SPLD) is key to constrain the source of bright basal reflections at Ultimi Scopuli …

Spontaneous NaCl-doped ice at seawater conditions: focus on the mechanisms of ion inclusion

MM Conde, M Rovere, P Gallo - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular dynamics simulations on the microsecond time scale have been performed on an
aqueous solution of TIP4P/2005 water and NaCl by using the direct coexistence technique …