Juice to Jupiter

The UK‐provided magne‐tometer is perhaps the most important tool, providing data on the properties of the moons’ hidden oceans.

The satellite was launched on an Ariane-5 rocket from French Guiana.

state‐of‐the‐art instruments, including particle detectors, various cameras, and even a lidar to map the surface of the moons in 3D.

The mission will take the spacecraft on 35 close passes of the moons, and the data will tell us about the depth of the ocean, its salt content, and whether it is in contact with the rocky mantle.

The satellite launched on an Ariane ‐ 5 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana, with arrival in Jupiter’s Jovian sys‐tem expected in July 2031.

State of emergency

ITALY declared a six‐month state of emergency on Thursday, April 13 in response to an in‐crease in boats crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa. The move comes as an un‐precedented 3,000 migrants arrived in just three days, with a number of boats landing on the Italian island of Lampedusa.

The coastguard stepped in to rescue over 2,000 people since Friday, April 7. The news comes as the last annual quarter was found to be the ‘deadliest quarter’ for migrants since

2017 in an international report by the United Nations Migration Body. A total of 441 deaths were reported in the Central Mediterranean in the first three months of 2023. The report also warned that delays in government‐led rescues led to at least 127 deaths.

Tunisia has become the largest point of de‐parture for migrant boats in recent months. With migrants arriving at an alarming rate, the state of emergency gives ministers up to €5 mil‐lion to deal with the crisis.