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NASA sent a panel engraved with waveforms to Jupiter’s moon. Here’s what the squiggles mean

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NASA 's Europa Clipper spacecraft spotted a piece of metal protecting some critical electronics.

Engineers wanted to create an artistic piece that could give NASA an opportunity to spotlight how interesting the mission is.

A team of linguists developed a list of 103 languages to feature, and began collecting audio recordings of native speakers saying the word.

Artist Debbie Millman says the original direction was to create something that feels iconic and draws you in.

The opposite side of the plate was developed in parallel by NASA Creative Director David Rager and JPL designer Kaelyn Richards .

It contains a smattering of thoughtful Easter eggs as well as an original piece by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón , in her own handwriting.