Discovering exoplanets and satellites in habitable zones within and beyond our solar
system has sparked intrigue in planetary setting varieties that could support life. Based on …

For the past fifty years of space exploration, mass spectrometry has provided unique
chemical and physical insights on the characteristics of other planetary bodies in the Solar …

Enceladus's long-lived plume of ice grains and water vapor makes accessing oceanic
material readily achievable from orbit (around Saturn or Enceladus) and from the moon's …

The plume of Enceladus is unique in the solar system in providing direct access to fresh
material from an extraterrestrial subsurface ocean. The Cassini Mission, though not …

Astrobiology studies are a top priority in answering one of the most fundamental questions in
planetary science: Is there life beyond Earth? Saturn's icy moon Enceladus is a prime target …

Recent technological advances have demonstrated the feasibility of deploying spaceborne
optical detectors with full polarimetric capabilities. The measurement of all four Stokes …

Saturn's moon Enceladus is a top candidate in the search for extraterrestrial life in our solar
system. Ecological thermodynamic modeling of the plume composition data collected by …

Icy moons with subsurface oceans of liquid water rank among the most promising
astrobiological targets in our Solar System. In this work, we assess the feasibility of …

Several worlds in our solar system are thought to hold oceans of liquid water beneath their
frozen surfaces. These subsurface ice and ocean environments are promising targets in the …

The recently discovered first hyperbolic objects passing through the Solar System,
1I/'Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov, have raised the question about near term missions to …