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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 ...

The Moon is far older than we once believed — but its fiery past has kept its true age hidden. New research reveals that, a ...

NASA's Juno mission revealed that Jupiter's moon, Io, the most volcanic body in our solar system, doesn't possess a global magma ocean. Instead, separate magma chambers fuel its over 400 active ...

No moon in our solar system is likely as chaotic as Io, Jupiter’s third largest. The rocky body looks like a pepperoni pizza because of the constant, numerous eruptions on its surface.

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For the past eight years, NASA's Juno spacecraft has been zooming around giant Jupiter. By the end of 2024, it will have made ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Jupiter's volcanic moon Io doesn't appear to have a subsurface ocean of magma, resolving some ...

Witness a lunar occultation of both Mars and the Pleiades; plus, Mars reaches opposition and Venus and Saturn sit close ...

Formerly the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, the observatory was renamed in 2020 to honor Vera Rubin, who died at 88 in 2016 ...

In 1979, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) scientist Linda Morabito discovered volcanic activity on Jupiter’s innermost moon, Io. But Io isn’t just volcanically active—it is the most ...