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Io Is a Volcanic Hellscape of Fire and Ice
On March 9, 1979, Linda Morabito discovered a volcanic plume on Io, a moon of Jupiter, in one of the photos from Voyager 1. She wrote, “I could feel tears begin to roll down my face at the sight ...
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Sampling the plumes of Jupiter's volcano moon, Io
"Io stands out as the most volcanically active body in our solar system, boasting hundreds of active volcanoes that emit plumes of gas and dust reaching heights of up to 400 km [250 miles] and ...
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Io Is a Volcanic Hellscape of Fire and Ice. Let’s Go Explore It.
On March 9, 1979, Linda Morabito discovered a volcanic plume on Io, a moon of Jupiter, in one of the photos from Voyager 1. She wrote, “I could feel tears begin to roll down my face at the sight ...
The Mysterious Inner Workings of Io, Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon
Recent flybys of the fiery world refute a leading theory of its inner structure—and reveal how little is understood about ...
BGR1y
NASA probe spots twin volcanic plumes on Io
Coming eerily close to the moon, the small spacecraft was able to capture images of twin volcanic plumes on Io’s surface, sending material erupting into space. This new flyby was only the second ...
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NASA Spots Signs of Twin Volcanic Plumes on Jupiter’s Moon Io
“That must be what Io is like — on steroids,” he said. He added that it probably smells like those places, too. Image Juno may have spotted a pair of volcanic plumes erupting into space ...
Ars Technica1y
Daily Telescope: A stunning new image of Io reveals a volcanic plume
Io, if you didn't know ... are specular reflections from features that normally appear dark (volcanic glass?). A plume is visible at lower right, it's been brightened rel to other parts of ...
Gizmodo1y
Double Plumes Spotted on Jupiter’s Cantankerous Volcanic Moon
A closeup view of one of the images may also reveal the eruption of two plumes from Io’s surface, “emitted either by two vents from one giant volcano, or two volcanoes near each other ...
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NASA craft snaps extraordinarily close images of volcano-covered world
The Feb. 3 Io flyby shows a moon teeming with volcanoes. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS Two volcanic plumes rising from Io. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / AndreaLuck / CC BY ...
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NASA spacecraft catches volcano plumes blasting into space
The plumes seen here along Io's limb are either blasting out of two vents from one enormous volcano or two separate-but-snug volcanoes. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Andrea Luck ...
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New observations of the most volcanic world in our solar system solve a mystery that began with Voyager 1
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The Juno mission ...