The European Space Agency's (ESA) recently launched Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer ( JUICE) mission and NASA's upcoming Europa Clipper mission could allow scientists to image landslides on the icy moons of Europa and Ganymede due to potential moonquakes on these small worlds.This comes after a recent study examined fault scarps on Europa and Ganymede orbiting Jupiter and Enceladus and Dione orbiting Saturn to try to draw a connection between tectonic activity (quakes) and observed mass wasting (landslides) on these surfaces.
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