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The University of Bern designed and developed a laser-based mass spectrometer that allows the detection of organic molecules related to life at ultra trace abundance levels. Through the project named EOMAS (Europa Organics Mass Spectrometer) and with the support of the research station at the Jungfraujoch, a novel ice sample handling system could be tested and validated successfully the first time in an icy environment, the Aletsch Glacier. Picture on the upper left: the EOMAS set-up on the Aletsch glacier. Picture on the lower left: the mass spectrometer. Picture on the right: a part of the team of the Space Research & Planetary Sciences, University of Bern. Pictures: HFSJG

The University of Bern designed and developed a laser-based mass spectrometer that allows the detection of organic molecules related to life at ultra trace abundance levels. Through the project named EOMAS (Europa Organics Mass Spectrometer) and with the support of the research station at the Jungfraujoch, a novel ice sample handling system could be tested and validated successfully the first time in an icy environment, the Aletsch Glacier. Picture on the upper left: the EOMAS set-up on the Aletsch glacier. Picture on the lower left: the mass spectrometer. Picture on the right: a part of the team of the Space Research & Planetary Sciences, University of Bern. Pictures: HFSJG