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  • A look at NASA’s new images of Io, Jupiter’s ‘tortured moon’
    New research is revealing the secrets of Io, the mysterious volcanic moon of Jupiter. Four centuries after Galileo discovered Io in 1610, NASA sent a spacecraft called Juno on a five-year mission to ...
    04/28/2024 - 10:29 am | View Link
  • Jupiter may be the reason why Earth has a moon, new study hints
    The great planetary instability, which saw Jupiter and the other gas giants wander chaotically through the solar system, coincides with the collision that formed Earth's moon. Could the two events be ...
    04/28/2024 - 12:00 am | View Link
  • Juno reveals 'smooth as glass' lava lake on Jupiter's moon, Io
    An image of Jupiter's moon Io, captured during the Juno spacecraft's 57th flyby of Jupiter, in December 2023, captured an amazing look at Loki Patera, an immense volcanic lake in the moon's northern ...
    04/25/2024 - 4:05 am | View Link
  • Unprecedented images reveal jaw-dropping features of Jupiter's 'tortured moon'
    Close flybys of Io, one of Jupiter's moons and the most volcanically active world in our solar system, have revealed a lava lake and a towering feature called "Steeple Mountain" on the moon's alien ...
    04/24/2024 - 6:38 am | View Link
  • Jupiter's moon Io is a volcanic hellscape—and has been since the solar system began
    Io is the most volcanic body known to science, and researchers have puzzled over its history for years. A new report suggests it was born this way.
    04/18/2024 - 2:00 am | View Link
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