Mathematicians think abstract tools from a field called symplectic geometry might help with planning missions to far-off ...
After the stress of April's eclipse and Mercury retrograde, May brings a welcome calm and social Gemini season.
Two recent flybys of Jupiter’s moon Io by NASA’s Juno spacecraft revealed a couple of stunning surprises: a remarkably steep mountain and islands in the middle of a burbling lava lake.
NASA scientists have taken data gathered by the Juno spacecraft of Jupiter’s moon Io and created interesting animations, highlighting two of the Jovian moon’s most striking features.
The volcanic surface of Jupiter's huge moon Io got a stunning close-up thanks to NASA's Juno mission. A new animation reveals an enormous lava lake on the surface of Jupiter's moon Io. The close ...
Callisto, one of Jupiter's moons, may have ozone, researchers say after successfully simulating its icy surface conditions in a lab 1. Ozone absorbs the Sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation ...
A new study found the constant presence of sulfur and chlorine isotopes in the atmosphere of Jupiter’s moon–Io. This revealed persistent volcanic activity on the moon for the entirety of the ...
Jupiter is the biggest planet in the solar system and it has a huge number of moons, unlike Earth which has just one. And notably, while the Earth’s satellite is a gentle and unremarkable world ...
The four biggest moons of Jupiter aren't just blurry smudges in Galileo's telescope anymore. The Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei discovered Ganymede, Callisto, Europa and Io back in 1610 ...
Io is simply littered with volcanoes.' By Laura Baisas | Published Apr 19, 2024 9:24 AM EDT An artist’s concept of a lava lake on Jupiter’s moon Io called Loki Patera. The image was made using ...
As Jupiter’s innermost large moon, it is subject to an intense gravitational tug-of-war between is massive parent planet and nearby large moons Europa and Ganymede, both of which are locked in ...