The instability would cause it to experience tidal forces from the Earth. There are parallels between this event and current volcanic activity on Jupiter’s moon Io, which is driven by similar tidal ...
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A pair of massive thunderstorms have been spotted swirling in Jupiter's "South Equatorial Belt" and are likely unleashing ...
Despite our anxieties over missing gift-giving occasions, Ohio State University researchers have found that even late gifts ...
For 44 years, it was a mystery as to how Jupiter’s most violent moon, Io, became so volcanically active. It […] ...
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NASA's Juno mission has revealed that each of Io's volcanoes is likely fueled by its own magma chamber, not a global magma ocean. This conclusion was drawn from precise gravity measurements during ...
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Spacecraft from NASA and other organizations captured rich imagery of our solar system in 2024, including views of Mars, Io, ...
Among its discoveries, Juno has found previously unseen huge storms swirling around Jupiter's poles and active volcanoes and lakes of lava on the planet's moon, Io. However, the US space agency has ...
A new study published on December 18 in Nature offers a way to explain that 150-million-year gap. Computer modeling and ...
New research suggests volcanic activity reshaped the Moon's geology, resetting its apparent age to 4.35 billion years.