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Exploring Jupiter's Icy Moons

This chapter highlights the upcoming NASA Europa Clipper and ESA JUICE missions, focusing on their goals to investigate Jupiter's moons for potential signs of life. It delves into the unique characteristics of Europa and Callisto, including their icy crusts, ancient surfaces, and the possibility of subsurface oceans. The discussion also emphasizes the role of amateur astronomers and the engineering feats involved in the missions as they seek to uncover the secrets of the Jovian system.

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