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The Moons Of Jupiter: Ocean Sandwiches And A Proposed NASA Mission

I have been teaching my Astro 101 course about the moons of Jupiter and found this very nice NASA video. The possibility of oceans on moons orbiting giant planets has revolutionized the idea of habitable zones and the search for life.

This proposed mission is slated for 2020 launch. Lets keep our fingers crossed the government shut down doesn't last until then and NASA is still around.

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Adam Frank was a contributor to the NPR blog 13.7: Cosmos & Culture. A professor at the University of Rochester, Frank is a theoretical/computational astrophysicist and currently heads a research group developing supercomputer code to study the formation and death of stars. Frank's research has also explored the evolution of newly born planets and the structure of clouds in the interstellar medium. Recently, he has begun work in the fields of astrobiology and network theory/data science. Frank also holds a joint appointment at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, a Department of Energy fusion lab.
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