{"id":13830,"date":"2025-01-08T10:50:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T10:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=13830"},"modified":"2025-01-08T10:50:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T10:50:48","slug":"nasa-wants-to-explore-the-icy-moons-of-jupiter-and-saturn-with-autonomous-robots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=13830","title":{"rendered":"NASA Wants to Explore the Icy Moons of Jupiter and Saturn With Autonomous Robots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Europa\u2019s orbit is an ellipse, and the satellite\u2019s shape is affected by Jupiter\u2019s gravity, becoming deformed when it passes closer to Jupiter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">This change in shape creates friction inside Europa, generating enormous amounts of heat in a mechanism known as tidal heating, which melts some of the ice and forms a vast internal ocean beneath the moon\u2019s thick ice shell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Europa\u2019s internal ocean is salty and is estimated to be about 100 kilometers deep on average, with a total volume of water twice that of all Earth\u2019s oceans, despite this moon being considerably smaller than our planet.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Advertisement and Poster\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-eybHBd fptoWY responsive-image__image lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" 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https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/677bf83ab3feb7aaf9e451a7\/master\/w_1280,c_limit\/3_infographic_showing_oceans_on_Earth_and_Europa.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/677bf83ab3feb7aaf9e451a7\/master\/w_1600,c_limit\/3_infographic_showing_oceans_on_Earth_and_Europa.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"100vw\"\/><\/noscript><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"CaptionWrapper-jSZdqE fJvQtP caption AssetEmbedCaption-fNQBPI dDrfgT asset-embed__caption\"><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionText-bHjzlu iUEiRd kVUvEC iXWezO caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>Comparison of Earth\u2019s oceans and Europa\u2019s inner oceans.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionCredit-ejegDm iUEiRd isTgyB fNaHcW caption__credit\">Illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/europa.nasa.gov\/why-europa\/overview\/\">NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall\">In addition, it is believed that internal oceans exist on Jupiter\u2019s moons Ganymede and Callisto and Saturn\u2019s moons Titan and Enceladus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Liquid water is essential for life as we know it, which is why the ocean worlds are at the forefront of the search for extraterrestrial life.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Rocket Weapon Launch Ammunition and Missile\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-eybHBd fptoWY responsive-image__image lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" 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data-sizes=\"100vw\"\/><\/noscript><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"CaptionWrapper-jSZdqE fJvQtP caption AssetEmbedCaption-fNQBPI dDrfgT asset-embed__caption\"><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionText-bHjzlu iUEiRd kVUvEC iXWezO caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>The European Space Agency\u2019s Jupiter Ice Explorer is a spacecraft that will be used to explore Jupiter\u2019s ice caps.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionCredit-ejegDm iUEiRd isTgyB fNaHcW caption__credit\">Photograph: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Science_Exploration\/Space_Science\/Juice\/ESA_s_Juice_lifts_off_on_quest_to_discover_secrets_of_Jupiter_s_icy_moons\">ESA\/M. Pedoussaut<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"paywall\">Under the Sea (of Ice)<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paywall\">The autonomous underwater exploration robots envisioned by SWIM are extremely small. Their wedge-shaped bodies are about 12 centimeters long. A device called a \u201ccryobot\u201d will transport the robots beneath the thick ice shells of these moons, using nuclear energy to melt the ice. The idea is to pack about four dozen robots into the cryobot and have them penetrate the thick ice shell over the course of several years.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Outdoors Nature and Water\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-eybHBd fptoWY responsive-image__image lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/677bf83bcf5b5e577c1dea85\/master\/w_1600%2Cc_limit\/5_2022_ph_ii_schaler.png\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/677bf83bcf5b5e577c1dea85\/master\/w_120,c_limit\/5_2022_ph_ii_schaler.png 120w, https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/677bf83bcf5b5e577c1dea85\/master\/w_240,c_limit\/5_2022_ph_ii_schaler.png 240w, https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/677bf83bcf5b5e577c1dea85\/master\/w_320,c_limit\/5_2022_ph_ii_schaler.png 320w, https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/677bf83bcf5b5e577c1dea85\/master\/w_640,c_limit\/5_2022_ph_ii_schaler.png 640w, https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/677bf83bcf5b5e577c1dea85\/master\/w_960,c_limit\/5_2022_ph_ii_schaler.png 960w, https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/677bf83bcf5b5e577c1dea85\/master\/w_1280,c_limit\/5_2022_ph_ii_schaler.png 1280w, https:\/\/media.wired.com\/photos\/677bf83bcf5b5e577c1dea85\/master\/w_1600,c_limit\/5_2022_ph_ii_schaler.png 1600w\" data-sizes=\"100vw\"\/><\/noscript><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"CaptionWrapper-jSZdqE fJvQtP caption AssetEmbedCaption-fNQBPI dDrfgT asset-embed__caption\"><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionText-bHjzlu iUEiRd kVUvEC iXWezO caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>A conceptual drawing of SWIM, with the cylindrical probe in the upper left corner.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionCredit-ejegDm iUEiRd isTgyB fNaHcW caption__credit\">Illustration: Ethan Schaler\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/swarm-of-tiny-swimming-robots-could-look-for-life-on-distant-worlds\/\">NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paywall\">There are benefits to sending out such a large number of exploration robots. One is that they can explore a wider area. Another is that they are envisioned to operate in teams, so that multiple robots can explore the same area in overlapping directions, reducing errors in the observation data.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Each robot will be equipped with sensors to measure temperature, pressure, acidity, electrical conductivity, and chemical composition of the waters it explores. All of these sensors will be mounted on a chip measuring just a few millimeters square.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">\u201cPeople might ask, why is NASA developing an underwater robot for space exploration?\u201d says Ethan Schaller, project leader at NASA\u2019s JPL, explaining the motivation behind SWIM. \u201cBecause there are places in the solar system that we want to go to look for life\u2014and we think life requires liquid water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\"><em>This story originally appeared on<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/wired.jp\/article\/ice-moons-swim-exploration\/\" target=\"_blank\">WIRED <em>Japan<\/em><\/a> <em>and has been translated from Japanese.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Europa\u2019s orbit is an ellipse, and the satellite\u2019s shape is affected by Jupiter\u2019s gravity, becoming deformed when it passes closer to Jupiter. 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