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Volcanic Plumes

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space-exploration1 year ago

"Juno's Close-Up: NASA Captures Fiery Volcanic Eruptions on Jupiter's Moon Io"

NASA's Juno spacecraft captured images of two volcanic plumes on Jupiter's moon Io, potentially indicating activity from either two vents of a single volcano or two separate volcanoes. This discovery provides new insights into Io's volcanic dynamics and highlights the importance of continuous exploration and study of our solar system's celestial bodies. The analysis of these plumes, in conjunction with other data collected by Juno and previous missions, has the potential to reveal new insights into the mechanisms driving Io's volcanism, the composition of its interior, and how its activity influences the Jovian system.

science1 year ago

"NASA's Juno Probe Captures Close-Up Images of Erupting Volcanoes on Jupiter's Moon Io"

NASA's Juno spacecraft made a second close flyby of Jupiter’s moon Io, capturing images of what appears to be a double volcanic plume spewing into space, a phenomenon never caught before. The mission aims to understand the driving force behind Io's numerous volcanoes, which may be a global magma ocean just beneath its crust or pockets of molten rock under the surface. This is the last close flyby of Io for Juno, but the mission will continue to conduct more distant observations every 60 days to monitor the ever-changing moon.