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NASA's Juno spacecraft probes Europa's oxygen levels
Europa, one of Jupiter's Galilean moons, hosts a liquid ocean beneath a frozen shell. Because of its proximity to Jupiter, the moon is constantly hit with radiation that erodes its icy surface ...
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NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will scour Jupiter moon for the ingredients for life
Discovered by Galileo in 1610, Europa is one of the four so-called Galilean moons of Jupiter, along with Ganymede, Io and ...
NASA spacecraft flew by distant world. It saw unprecedented volcanism.
On Dec. 27, 2024, NASA's Juno spacecraft swooped by the volcanic world Io. It witnessed a giant eruption.
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NASA Captures 'Most Intense Volcanic Eruption Ever' on Jupiter's Moon Io
Loki Patera is 202 kilometres (126 mi) in diameter, covers 20,000 sq km (7,700 sq mi), and was the largest volcanic feature found on Io until these new observations revealed the hot spot in the south ...
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The large moons of Jupiter (Galilean moons)
The four largest – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – were discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610 when he pointed the first astronomical telescope at the Moon, Venus and the planet Jupiter in quick ...
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In Photos: See The Jaw-Dropping New NASA Images Of Jupiter And Io Moon
It's tugged in all directions during its orbit by the gravity of Jupiter and the three other Galilean moons (Europa, Ganymede and Callisto). The friction builds up heat inside Io and causes ...
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Galilean Suite: Listen To The Major New Classical Work Dedicated To Jupiter’s Moons
Dave Dexter, composer of The Galilean Suite, four tone poems about the largest moons of Jupiter—Io, ... [+] Ganymede, Callisto and Europa. It's fair to say that of all the moons, it’s Io—the ...
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On this date: Galileo discovers three major moons of Jupiter
Galileo’s repeated observations over several nights and realized they were moons orbiting the gas giant. And thus, Io, Europa and Ganymede became known as the Galilean moons of Jupiter.
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Moons of Jupiter
The most massive of the moons are the four Galilean moons: Io; Europa; Ganymede; and Callisto, which were independently discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei and Simon Marius and were the first ...
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The Galilean Satellites - Europa (2003)
An abstract film that imagines the icy hatched-marked world of Jupiter's moon, Europa. This is the first in a four-part series dedicated to filmmaker Stan Brakhage. The soundtrack consists of ...
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Planet Jupiter, explained
now known as the Galilean moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. Many of these celestial orbs are as remarkable as Jupiter itself. The largest moon in the solar system, Ganymede is also the ...
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The small moons of Jupiter
Jupiter has four large moons – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – with diameters ... The four larger moons mentioned above, also known as the 'Galilean moons', account for 99.997 percent of the total ...