NASA's Juno spacecraft has again captured stunning images of Jupiter and its moon Io, providing more insights into the solar ...
The surface of Io, one of Jupiter's many moons, is an especially hostile environment – even for space. Scientists recently observed its atmosphere completely collapse for the very first time.
Thanks to the Juno probe mission, a mystery about Jupiter's moon Io that ... body in the Solar System. Io is the third-largest natural satellite of Jupiter. Its thin atmosphere consists mainly ...
This process is called "tidal heating." It is how Jupiter currently heats up its moon Io, the most volcanically active spot in the solar system. "We think that the Moon went through a period when ...
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.
We knew data from Juno’s two very close flybys could give us some insights on how this tortured moon actually worked.” Io orbits around Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system ...
An illustration of NASA's Juno craft soaring above Jupiter's atmosphere. Jupiter's satellite Io is one of its largest moons. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech NASA's Juno spacecraft has made several close ...
Or perhaps more likely, look at under a microscope. The latest candidate for hosting nearby life is Jupiter’s moon, Io. Let’s take a look at what makes Io special, and what we might hope to ...
Jupiter moon Io, imaged by SHARK-VIS on Jan. 10 ... to compensate for the blurring caused by turbulence in Earth’s atmosphere. The JunoCam instrument aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft captured ...