The European Space Agency is launching a mission to investigate the possibility of life on icy moons around gas giants, such as Jupiter. The craft, named JUICE, will fly past the planet and its moons, Calisto, Europa and Ganymede. Once it reaches orbit, around 2031, the craft will unfurl ten giant solar panels and a boom pole carrying instruments to measure elements of its surroundings. Then it will spend several years orbiting Ganymede, which has sparked the most interest among space scientists at the European Space Agency. If JUICE finds evidence of life, it will be the first time that has been confirmed on an icy moon outside of our solar system.

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