Exploring Jupiter's Moons for Signs of Life in Hidden Oceans
TL;DR
Two upcoming missions, JUICE and Europa Clipper, are set to explore Jupiter's moons, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, which are believed to have large underground oceans of liquid water that could potentially support life. The spacecraft will carry scientific instruments to investigate the oceans, including radar to probe into the moons' outer layers of solid ice, magnetometers to study the secondary magnetic fields produced by the interaction of conductive oceans with Jupiter's field, and cameras to provide unprecedented images of the moons' icy surfaces.
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