As early as Oct. 10, NASA’s Europa Clipper will launch from Kennedy Space Center to begin its long journey to Jupiter. At least seven Planetary Science Institute researchers will lend their expertise to four instruments onboard Europa Clipper. Read more: mailchi.mp/psi.edu/psiedu…

Happy Monday! Here's beautiful Pepper as this week's PSI #PlanetaryPet. Eleven-year-old Pepper lives with PSI's Deputy Public Information Officer, Mikayla Kelley, and is still trying to sort out why she has to share Mikayla's attention with another #dog and a human boy!

PSI researchers jetted off to Italy 🛫 late last month to participate in a joint #MARSIS and #SHARAD team meeting. 🔴 🛰️ Read more about their trip: buff.ly/48jcURH

#JunoCam: This Jovian storm was captured by NASA's Juno Mission during perijove 65. The original image was processed by citizen scientist Gerald Eichstädt and then cropped, enlarged four times, and enhanced to show the details of the storm. Credit: NASA NASA JPL Southwest Research Institute #MSSS Thomas Thomopoulos

PSI's Amanda Hendrix on Monday's #EuropaClipper launch 🚀 : "We'll be able to get clues about if there's actually material coming from underneath the icy surface from the ocean and getting deposited onto the surface." Hear the full story: buff.ly/48aEjFa NPR/@NPRATC

buff.ly/484MKlr Europa Clipper, the biggest interplanetary spacecraft that NASA has ever built, lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida early Monday afternoon. PSI's Tom McCord says it's taken a long time to get the mission off the ground. The New York Times

PSI's Dr Pamela L Gay captured this image of #CometC2023A3. Her favorite #comet fact? ☄️ Earth passed through the tail of comet Temple-Tuttle in 1833 and inspired the song 🎶 "Stars fell on Alabama," 🌌 which has become a jazz standard and even a line on Alabama license plates.

PSI Senior Scientists Elizabeth Adams chats with American Astronomical Society (AAS) about her recent article on #exoplanets, specifically #hotJupiters, gas giants that closely orbit their host star. Watch the AAS interview: buff.ly/4dQ5ZAf Read the July 2024 paper: buff.ly/3Ufxoox

ASSOCIATE OR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN ASTRONOMY AT UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND Best consideration date is November 14, 2024. ejobs.umd.edu/postings/123978 planetarynews.org v18n43-05 Planetary Science Institute (PSI)

Happy Monday! This week's PSI #PlanetaryPet is the very curious Pickles who is wondering about those mysterious rings on the keyboard... PSI's Dr Elisabeth Adams says that Pickles tries to help her submit expense reports but that she is, unfortunately, a terrible typist.

PSI Senior Scientist Jonathan Lilly is a co-author:

PSI researchers jetted off 🛫 to Italy for a Joint #MARSIS and #SHARAD Science Team Meeting. 🔴 The also made time for some rest and recovery on either side of the meeting with visits to Venice and Florence. Read more: buff.ly/4eLYH1Z

buff.ly/3C1oggM Europa-UVS is the sixth in a series of Southwest Research Institute-built ultraviolet spectrographs, benefitting greatly from the design experience gained by its team from the Juno-UVS instrument, which is currently operating in Jupiter's harsh radiation environment on NASA's Juno Mission

PSI's Roger Clark was among the crowd gathered at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Monday to witness the launch of NASA’s #EuropaClipper. 🚀 He snapped some photos of the launch. Read more: buff.ly/3BY8Xp3 📸 : Roger Clark

buff.ly/48aEjFa NASA has just launched a mission to investigate a far-off world that’s full of water🌊. It’s going to #Europa, a moon of #Jupiter that's made of lots of ice🧊 that covers a huge ocean. PSI Senior Scientist Amanda Hendrix spoke with NPR about the mission🛰️.

#Junocam: These northern circumpolar cyclones were captured by NASA's Juno Mission during perijove 65. The original image was processed by Gerald Eichstädt then processed further by Jackie Branc. Credit : NASA NASA JPL Southwest Research Institute #MSSS Jackie Branc / Gerald Eichstädt

PSI folks grabbing a bite after the #DPS2024 conference at Bar Gernika in Boise, Idaho.