INAF USCVIII: a “Two-day Workshop dedicated to Critical Computing” in Catania
A “Two-day Workshop dedicated to Critical Computing” will be held on June 15-16 in Catania, using the spaces made available by the local Physics Department. Details can be found at: https://indico.ict.inaf.it/e/USCVIII-2023. “Critical Computing” is here to be...
JWST Molecular Mapping And Characterization Of Enceladus’ Water Plume Feeding Its Torus
Enceladus is a prime target in the search for life in our solar system, having an active plume likely connected to a large liquid water subsurface ocean.
Using the sensitive NIRSpec instrument onboard JWST, we searched for organic compounds and characterized the plume’s composition and structure. The observations directly sample the fluorescence emissions of H2O and reveal an extraordinarily extensive plume (up to 10,000 km or 40 Enceladus radii) at cryogenic temperatures (25 K) embedded in a large bath of emission originating from Enceladus’ torus.
JUICE: JANUS sent its first images acquired in space
The instrument Jovis, Amorum ac Natorum Undique Scrutator (JANUS) passed the commissioning phase with full marks. It is a real test during which – 8 million km from the Earth – it opened its electronic “eyes”, sending the so-called “first light”, i.e. his first series of images, to the technicians and researchers
