GeoLog

Ganymede

GeoTalk: meet Georgia Moutsiana, researcher of Jupiter’s magnetosphere!

December 2, 2024
Georgia Moutsiana
Georgia Moutsiana

Hello Georgia – welcome to GeoTalk! Could you tell our readers a little bit about yourself and your background? Thank you, Simon! I’m Georgia Moutsiana, a space scientist and PhD candidate at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. My research focuses on understanding the processes that accelerate and transport charged particles in planetary magnetospheres. My key message is th ...[Read More]

Tectonics on Ice…. learning about Jupiter’s Icy Moons and the JUICE mission.

January 25, 2023
Tectonics on Ice…. learning about Jupiter’s Icy Moons and the JUICE mission.
Image credit: USGS Astrogeology Science Center/Wheaton/NASA/JPL-Caltech

In April this year a new mission is being launched by the European Space Agency, called JUICE, which stands for the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer. This mission aims to make detailed observations of the giant gas planet Jupiter and its three large ocean-bearing moons – Ganymede, Callisto and Europa – with a suite of remote sensing, geophysical and in situ instruments. But beyond the excitement of a ne ...[Read More]