NASA mission solves volcanic mystery of Jupiter’s ‘tortured moon’ Io …
Dec 14, 2024 · Flybys of Jupiter’s fiery moon Io, carried out by NASA’s Juno spacecraft, are helping to solve the enduring mystery of why the small moon is the most volcanically active body in our solar...
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Latest news on Io, the innermost and the largest of Jupiter's four Galilean moons. With a diameter of 3,642 kilometres, it is slightly larger than Earth's Moon. Io is the fifth-largest moon in the Solar System, and has the highest density of all the moons of Jupiter.
NASA’s Juno Mission Uncovers Heart of Jovian Moon’s Volcanic …
Dec 12, 2024 · A new study points to why, and how, Io became the most volcanic body in the solar system. Scientists with NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter have discovered that the volcanoes on Jupiter’s moon Io are each likely powered by their own chamber of roiling hot magma rather than an ocean of magma.
NASA's Juno probe captures amazing views of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io ...
Apr 19, 2024 · NASA's Juno probe continues to give us more insight into Jupiter and the giant planet's moons, including Io, the most volcanically active object in the solar system.
No Magma Ocean For Io, Jupiter’s Volcano-Covered Moon
Dec 20, 2024 · Io, the innermost of Jupiter’s four largest Galilean moons, is covered with hundreds of volcanoes, some shooting lava fountains dozens of miles high. But what kind of interior could drive this magma fury?
NASA solves 44-year-old mystery of why Jupiter's Io is so …
Dec 16, 2024 · NASA scientists have revealed the secrets of the most volcanic body in our solar system, according to new research. The discovery solves a 44-year-old mystery of why, and how, Jupiter's violent...
NASA Juno spacecraft reveals Jupiter's volcanic moon Io like …
Jan 2, 2024 · During its 57th flyby of Jupiter, NASA's Juno spacecraft came closer to the planet's moon Io than any other mission has in the last two decades. Passing within around 930 miles (1,500...
NASA solves 44 year old mystery surrounding Jupiter moon that …
Dec 17, 2024 · Io's elliptical orbit takes 42.5 hours, and Juno found that as the distance varies, so does Jupiter’s gravitational pull. This leads to the moon being constantly squeezed like a stress ball, resulting in an 'extreme case' of tidal flexing, where friction from …
NASA spacecraft makes its closest-ever approach to Jupiter's moon Io …
Jan 3, 2024 · A NASA spacecraft made its closest-ever approach to Jupiter's moon Io, coming within 930 miles of the "surface of the most volcanic world," and the space agency released new images of the...
Jupiter's 'Tortured Moon': Astronomers Uncover Surprising Source of Io ...
Dec 13, 2024 · Researchers from the Juno mission have finally solved a mystery that has puzzled scientists for over four decades. In 1979, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) scientist Linda Morabito discovered...