Comparison of Europa observed with Gemini Planet Imager in K1 band on the right and visible albedo visualization based on a composite map made from Galileo SSI and Voyager 1 and 2 data (from USGS) on the left. While GPI is not designed for ‘extended’ objects like this, its observations could help in following surface alterations on icy satellites of Jupiter or atmospheric phenomena (e.g. clouds, haze) on Saturn’s moon Titan. The GPI near-infrared color image is a combination of 3 wavelength channels.Processing by Marshall Perrin, Space Telescope Science Institute and Franck Marchis SETI Institute
A brightly reflective Enceladus appears before Saturn's rings, while the planet's larger moon Titan looms in the distance. Jets of water ice and vapor emanating from the south pole of Enceladus hint at a subsurface ocean on the tiny moon.NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
The Josep Comas i Solà International Astrobiology Summer School is co-sponsored by the NASA Astrobioogy Program and the Centro de Astrobiologia. Held annually in Santander, Spain, it has become a tradition in the astrobiology community. The week-long program for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows provides lectures from international experts, round-table discussions, student projects, night-sky observations, and a half-day field trip to a nearby site of astrobiological interest.
In 2023, the school is scheduled to take place from July 10-14 and the focus will be Searching for Life on Ocean Worlds.
Eligibility:
- Students formally affiliated with US institutions
- Students from ESA Member States, Canada and Slovenia
- Students enrolled in Universities from the European Union (as well as from other countries belonging to the European Higher Education Area, EHEA: http://www.ehea.info/page-members)
Applications will open in January and are due on March 1, 2023.
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