ERC Advanced Grant · 2024
From Buried Ocean to Surface Ice: Spectral Signatures of Leaking Oceans on Icy Moons.
In our solar system, most of the oceans are covered by kilometers of ices. These buried oceans, considered amongst the most promising places to host extraterrestrial life, are now a priority in both ESA and NASA’s programs for in situ observations with landing missions. To prepare for these programs, and the scientific return of current/future missions, we need to understand how buried oceans interact with the surface, the paths to reach them, and whether we can know more about their composition and physical conditions before visiting them. In fact, while these oceans are buried under a crust of kilometers thick ice, they manage to leak to the surface and can be indirectly observed in…
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