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What causes volcanic eruptions on Jupiter's moon Io? Scientists aren't so sure anymore

Jupiter's volcanic moon Io doesn't appear to have a subsurface ocean of magma, resolving some issues about how Io's volcanoes erupt and raising broader questions about similar magma oceans within ...
EcoPortal.net

Not water, but something stranger — NASA announces a historic Solar System find

NASA unveiled a new discovery inside our solar system. We had only seen these big lakes filled with water on Earth - but this ...
LAist

You don't look a day over 4.35 billion! Here's the moon's anti-aging secret

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Yahoo

Jupiter's 'tormented moon' Io just unleashed the most powerful volcanic event ever seen

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Io is the most volcanic world in the solar system, with around 400 volcanoes. Its extreme ...
Yahoo

Our moon may have once been as hellish as Jupiter's super volcanic moon Io

The moon spent a few million years as a volcanic wasteland, covered with ongoing eruptions that spewed from mountains and even from the ground itself. New research suggests that the moon's orbit could ...
SpaceNews

Jupiter’s Moon Io Has Splendid Dunes

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Phys.org

Comparing two proposed NASA missions to Jupiter's moon Io

Thanks to NASA's Juno mission to the Jupiter system, we're getting our best looks ever at the gas giant's volcanic moon Io. Even as Juno provides our best views of the moon, it also deepens our ...
Gizmodo

Jupiter’s Moon Io Just Sprouted an Enormous New Volcano

In an image taken by Galileo in 1997, the region was barren. Now, as seen by Juno, it's very much not barren. © NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Change can be scary ...
Mashable

NASA spacecraft flew by distant world. It saw unprecedented volcanism.

Jupiter's volcanic moon Io as captured by the Juno spacecraft on Oct. 15, 2023. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Image processing by Ted Stryk On Dec. 27, 2024, NASA's Juno spacecraft ...
IFLScience

Record-Breaking Volcanic Event As Big As Kentucky Seen On Jupiter's Moon Io

Alfredo (he/him) has a PhD in Astrophysics on galaxy evolution and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces. Jupiter’s moon Io is the most volcanically active world in the Solar System. The ...
SpaceNews

Juno Is Getting Ever Closer to Jupiter’s Moon Io

When NASA’s Juno mission flies by Jupiter’s fiery moon Io on Sunday, July 30, the spacecraft will be making its closest approach yet, coming within 13,700 miles (22,000 kilometers) of it. Data ...