NASA mission solves volcanic mystery of Jupiter’s ‘tortured moon’ Io
3 months, 2 weeks ago

NASA mission solves volcanic mystery of Jupiter’s ‘tortured moon’ Io

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. But the moon’s wild volcanic activity wasn’t detected until Voyager 1 flew by Jupiter and its moons in 1979, revealing Io’s dynamic surface that resembled a pepperoni pizza, Bolton said. We knew data from Juno’s two very close flybys could give us some insights on how this tortured moon actually worked.” This sequence of images taken by the New Horizons spacecraft in 2007 shows a giant plume from Io's Tvashtar volcano. NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute Flyby revelations Io orbits around Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, which Bolton calls a “monster.” The moon’s orbit is imperfect, meaning that sometimes it comes closer to Jupiter during its orbit, and other times it is farther away. “Juno’s discovery that tidal forces do not always create global magma oceans does more than prompt us to rethink what we know about Io’s interior,” said lead study author Ryan Park, a Juno co-investigator and supervisor of the Solar System Dynamics Group at JPL, in a statement.

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Volcanoes on a moon of Jupiter erupted larger than Lake Superior
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Volcanoes on a moon of Jupiter erupted larger than Lake Superior

Salon  

The acid yellow moon Io that orbits Jupiter may be less than 30% the size of Earth, but is considered the most volcanic body in our solar system. Detected by the Juno probe's Italian Space Agency’s Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper, Io’s volcanic region produces enough energy that it contains the equivalent to six times the total output of all power …

This place in Solar System produces more energy than all of Earth's power plants
1 month, 4 weeks ago

This place in Solar System produces more energy than all of Earth's power plants

India Today  

Nasa's Juno spacecraft, orbiting Jupiter and its moons, has detected the most powerful volcanic activity in the Solar System. Astronomers studying data from the Juno spacecraft discovered a volcanic hot spot in the Southern Hemisphere of Jupiter’s moon Io. This is the most powerful volcanic event ever recorded on the most volcanic world in our solar system — so that’s …

Juno Mission sheds light on Jupiter's volcanic moon Io
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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Juno Mission sheds light on Jupiter's volcanic moon Io

India TV News  

NASA's Juno mission has made an exciting discovery about Io, one of Jupiter’s moons known for its incredible volcanic activity. Researchers have found that Io’s volcanoes are not connected to a huge underground sea of molten rock, as previously thought. In 2023 and 2024, Juno spacecraft flew close to Io and collected important information about the moon’s gravitational field. One …

Nasa reveals why Jupiter's moon Io is the most volcanic place in Solar System
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Nasa reveals why Jupiter's moon Io is the most volcanic place in Solar System

India Today  

A groundbreaking study has unveiled new insights into the volcanic activity of Jupiter's moon Io, confirming it as the most volcanically active body in the solar system. Researchers from Nasa’s Juno mission have discovered that the moon's volcanoes are likely powered by individual chambers of magma rather than a single ocean of magma beneath its surface. During these encounters, Juno …

NASA mission solves volcanic mystery of Jupiter’s ‘tortured moon’ Io
3 months, 2 weeks ago

NASA mission solves volcanic mystery of Jupiter’s ‘tortured moon’ Io

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. But the moon’s wild volcanic activity wasn’t detected until Voyager 1 flew by Jupiter and its moons in 1979, revealing Io’s dynamic surface that resembled a pepperoni pizza, Bolton said. We knew data from Juno’s two very close flybys could give us some insights on how this tortured moon actually worked.” This …

Fireflies on Jupiter: Juno makes first radiation map of Solar System giant
7 months, 1 week ago

Fireflies on Jupiter: Juno makes first radiation map of Solar System giant

India Today  

Nasa's Juno mission has achieved a groundbreaking milestone by creating the first complete 3D radiation map of the Jupiter system. This innovative map provides a detailed view of the high-energy particle environment surrounding Jupiter, including the intense radiation near the orbit of its icy moon Europa. In addition to mapping radiation, Juno's instruments are providing rare low-light images of Jupiter's …

Juno captures hundreds of cyclonic storms raging on Jupiter for decades
8 months ago

Juno captures hundreds of cyclonic storms raging on Jupiter for decades

India Today  

During its 61st close flyby of Jupiter on May 12, 2024, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured a stunning colour-enhanced view of the giant planet’s northern hemisphere. The raw data for this image was collected by the JunoCam instrument when the spacecraft was approximately 18,000 miles above Jupiter’s cloud tops, at a latitude of about 68 degrees north of the equator. Eason …

A sharp mountain and a lava lake: Jupiter's moon hides mega features
11 months ago

A sharp mountain and a lava lake: Jupiter's moon hides mega features

India Today  

Juno mission, one of Nasa's highly successful spacecraft, has revealed mysterious features on the surface of Jupiter's moon Io. Scientists have for the first time transformed data collected during recent flybys of Io into animations that highlight two of the Jovian moon’s most dramatic features: a mountain and a glass-smooth lake of cooling lava. WATCH SHARP MOUNTAIN RISES ON JUPITER'S …

NASA shares stunning photo of Jupiter’s hellish moon Io, snapped by Juno mission spacecraft
11 months, 1 week ago

NASA shares stunning photo of Jupiter’s hellish moon Io, snapped by Juno mission spacecraft

Hindustan Times  

Jupiter is the biggest planet in the solar system and it has a huge number of moons, unlike Earth which has just one. NASA shared this amazing image of Jupiter's moon Io taken by the Juno mission spacecraft. These have been derived from the recent flybys of the Juno mission spacecraft and these have been turned into some stricking animations …

Sharpest picture of Jupiter's moon Io shows tall mountains, bubbling lava lakes
1 year, 1 month ago

Sharpest picture of Jupiter's moon Io shows tall mountains, bubbling lava lakes

India Today  

Nasa's Juno spacecraft has executed the closest flybys of Jupiter's moon Io in over two decades to send the sharpest image of the most volcanic place in Solar System. On December 30th, 2023, Juno made a daring approach to within 1,500 kilometers of Io's tumultuous surface, capturing unprecedented high-resolution images of the most volcanic body. The JunoCam instrument aboard the …

NASA's Juno spacecraft captures Jupiter Moon Io's surface in close flyby | See pic
1 year, 1 month ago

NASA's Juno spacecraft captures Jupiter Moon Io's surface in close flyby | See pic

India TV News  

NASA recently shared a close-up image of Jupiter's Moon Io, taken by the Juno spacecraft during its final close flyby on February 3. "On Saturday, Feb. 3, our @NASASolarSystem Juno spacecraft made its final close flyby of Jupiter's moon Io. Scientific goals NASA aims to gain fresh insights into Io's volcanic processes and investigate the possibility of a global magma …

Nasa's Juno captures two volcanic plumes rising above Jupiter's moon Io
1 year, 1 month ago

Nasa's Juno captures two volcanic plumes rising above Jupiter's moon Io

India Today  

Nasa's Juno spacecraft has once again soared past Jupiter's moon Io, capturing unprecedented data that could unlock the secrets of its volcanic landscape. The mission's team is particularly intrigued by the observation of two volcanic plumes rising from Io's surface during the flyby. They hope to determine whether Io harbors a global magma ocean beneath its crust and to understand …

NASA's Juno spacecraft reveals Jupiter's volcanic moon Io
1 year, 2 months ago

NASA's Juno spacecraft reveals Jupiter's volcanic moon Io

Hindustan Times  

National Aeronautics and Space Administration's spacecraft Juno has captured detailed images of Jupiter's moon Io after it came closer to the planet's moon than any other mission has in the last two decades. Jupiter moon Last week, the space agency released the images taken by the spacecraft, which flew roughly 930 miles from the surface of Io. “By combining data …

Io, most volcanic place in solar system, looks haunting in closest ever pictures
1 year, 2 months ago

Io, most volcanic place in solar system, looks haunting in closest ever pictures

India Today  

Nasa's Juno Spacecraft Reveals Fiery Details of Io, Jupiter's Volcanic Moon Nasa's Juno spacecraft has captured the most detailed images yet of Io, Jupiter's innermost Galilean moon and the most volcanically active place in our solar system. Io's ceaseless volcanic eruptions are driven by the powerful gravitational forces exerted by Jupiter, coupled with the dynamic interactions with its neighbouring moons. …

NASA shares never-before-seen images of Jupiter's lava-covered moon, Io
1 year, 5 months ago

NASA shares never-before-seen images of Jupiter's lava-covered moon, Io

ABC  

NASA has released detailed images of Io, one of about 90 moons revolving around Jupiter, using the space agency's Juno probe. Images taken with NASA's Juno probe show Io in the bottom left and Jupiter in the top right of the image. Never-before-seen feature discovered in Jupiter's atmosphere NASA has been particularly interested in the biggest planet in our solar …

Nasa has received clearest image of Io, the most volcanic world in Solar System
1 year, 5 months ago

Nasa has received clearest image of Io, the most volcanic world in Solar System

India Today  

Nasa's Juno spacecraft has recently unveiled breathtaking images of Jupiter's moon Io, showcasing its lava-scarred surface in unprecedented detail. The images were captured during a flyby on October 15, 2023, as Juno passed near Io, the most volcanically active body in our solar system. Io is renowned for its intense volcanic activity, boasting hundreds of volcanoes that regularly erupt with …

NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Captures Mysterious Lightning Glow On Jupiter
1 year, 9 months ago

NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Captures Mysterious Lightning Glow On Jupiter

Hindustan Times  

One of NASA’s spacecraft caught a strange and surreal lightning glow inside a swirling vortex on Jupiter. Juno Spacecraft captured a strange green lightning on Jupiter Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. In 2016, the Juno spacecraft was dispatched to observe Jupiter and its moons, capturing its 31st close flyby of the gas giant on 30th December …

The most volcanic world in the solar system is about to be visited by a NASA spacecraft
2 years, 3 months ago

The most volcanic world in the solar system is about to be visited by a NASA spacecraft

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. “Juno sensors are designed to study Jupiter, but we’ve been thrilled at how well they can perform double duty by observing Jupiter’s moons.” The spacecraft recently captured a new image of Jupiter’s northernmost cyclone on September 29. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSSImage The Juno spacecraft has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016 to uncover details more about …

Nasa reveals stunning images of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa
2 years, 5 months ago

Nasa reveals stunning images of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nasa revealed the newest close up photo of Jupiter’s icy Moon Europa taken …

NASA spacecraft buzzes Jupiter moon Europa, closest in years
2 years, 5 months ago

NASA spacecraft buzzes Jupiter moon Europa, closest in years

LA Times  

The complex, ice-covered surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa as seen by NASA’s Juno spacecraft during a flyby on Sept. 29. NASA’s Juno spacecraft has made the closest approach to Jupiter’s tantalizing, icy moon Europa in more than 20 years. John Bordi, deputy mission manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge, expected the spacecraft to go “screaming by …

NASA's Juno spacecraft to fly by Jupiter's icy 'ocean' moon Europa tonight
2 years, 5 months ago

NASA's Juno spacecraft to fly by Jupiter's icy 'ocean' moon Europa tonight

ABC  

Scientists are gearing up to get the most detailed snapshot yet of Europa, one of the frozen water worlds in our Solar System potentially capable of hosting life. The raw data will start coming back down to Earth via NASA's Deep Space Network after Juno completes a flyby of Jupiter, seven hours after it passes Europa. NASA's Europa Clipper is …

NASA’s Juno mission captures first closeup images of Jupiter’s largest moon in a generation
3 years, 9 months ago

NASA’s Juno mission captures first closeup images of Jupiter’s largest moon in a generation

CNN  

CNN — The largest moon in our solar system got its first close-up in more than 20 years on Monday. “We are going to take our time before we draw any scientific conclusions, but until then we can simply marvel at this celestial wonder.” This image of the dark side of Ganymede was taken by Juno's Stellar Reference Unit navigation …

Recent Radio Images Show How Volcanic Activity Looks Like On Jupiter's Moon
4 years, 5 months ago

Recent Radio Images Show How Volcanic Activity Looks Like On Jupiter's Moon

News 18  

Radio images captured by Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array have provided scientists for the first time with the direct effect of volcanic activity on the atmosphere of Jupiter’s moon Io. Earlier research has shown that Io’s atmosphere mostly consists of sulphur dioxide gas which is ultimately sourced from volcanic activity. StatiaLuszcz-Cook from Columbia University, New York, explained that when Jupiter’s moon …

NASA missions could uncover secrets on Venus, Io and Triton
5 years, 1 month ago

NASA missions could uncover secrets on Venus, Io and Triton

CNN  

CNN — In order to further explore our solar system, NASA has chosen four proposals for missions that would investigate Venus, Jupiter’s moon Io and Neptune’s moon Triton. “These selected missions have the potential to transform our understanding of some of the solar system’s most active and complex worlds,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. Venus …

NASA shares stunning moonrise photo of Jupiter's moon Io captured by Juno spacecraft
6 years, 4 months ago

NASA shares stunning moonrise photo of Jupiter's moon Io captured by Juno spacecraft

India Today  

NASA has unveiled a stunning image of Jupiter's moon Io rising off the gas giant's horizon, captured by the Juno spacecraft. Io rising: #Jupiter's volcanic moon rises just off the horizon of the gas giant planet in this new color-enhanced image https://t.co/hscGAxDBWo pic.twitter.com/kPXh57mkoR NASA's Juno Mission November 15, 2018 At the time, Juno was about 18,400 kilometers from the planet's …

Nasa’s Juno reveals Jupiter’s interior in unprecedented detail
7 years ago

Nasa’s Juno reveals Jupiter’s interior in unprecedented detail

Live Mint  

Washington: The interior of Jupiter is just as intriguing as the planet’s dazzling surface, with a swirling mixture of liquid hydrogen and helium at its center, vast atmospheric jet streams and exotic gravitational properties, scientists said on Wednesday. Data from Nasa’s Juno spacecraft, orbiting the solar system’s largest planet since 2016, is providing researchers with what they called unprecedented insight …

NASA'S JUNO MISSION TO JUPITER
7 years, 2 months ago

NASA'S JUNO MISSION TO JUPITER

Daily Mail  

The craft is expected to study the composition of the planet's atmosphere until 2025. Jupiter's 'Great Red Spot' is changing colour: Earth-sized storm that could disappear completely in 20 years is glowing an intense orange Researchers at Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, show that Jupiter's 'Great Red Spot' is shrivelling at a rate of. Stunning image captured …

Jupiter glows like a jewel in these latest images sent by NASA’s Juno spacecraft
7 years, 2 months ago

Jupiter glows like a jewel in these latest images sent by NASA’s Juno spacecraft

India TV News  

The giant planet Jupiter, haunted by tumultuous gases, looked downright like a jewel in the sky in the latest images captured by US space agency NASA’s Juno spacecraft. "Each new orbit brings us closer to the heart of Jupiter's radiation belt, but so far the spacecraft has weathered the storm of electrons surrounding Jupiter better than we could have ever …

Jupiter’s mysteries: Juno mission first results, new images
7 years, 10 months ago

Jupiter’s mysteries: Juno mission first results, new images

CNN  

Story highlights First results from the Juno mission to Jupiter reveal giant cyclones and ammonia in the atmosphere Jupiter's magnetic field is 10 times that of Earth's and and twice as strong as anticipated CNN — Beneath its heavy cloud cover, Jupiter has been able to keep its secrets from astronomers. Jupiter from the poles doesn’t look anything like it …

Nasa to reveal ‘surprising’ activity on Jupiter’s moon Europa
8 years, 6 months ago

Nasa to reveal ‘surprising’ activity on Jupiter’s moon Europa

Live Mint  

Miami: There’s something going on beneath the surface of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration teased a ‘surprising’ announcement for Monday, based on Hubble Space Telescope images of the celestial body, which many experts believe could contain a subsurface ocean, even possibly some form of life. The US space agency has already proclaimed that Europa has …

Nasa to reveal 'surprising activity' on Jupiter's moon Europa
8 years, 6 months ago

Nasa to reveal 'surprising activity' on Jupiter's moon Europa

Daily Mail  

Nasa is expected to make an announcement about 'surprising activity' on Jupiter's moon, Europa, on Monday. Scroll down for video Jupiter's sixth-closest moon Europa is one of the most interesting bodies in our solar system when it comes to the hunt for extra terrestrial life. Now Nasa has released a cryptic message saying 'surprising' evidence about the moon will be …

Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io has thin atmosphere resulting in fluctuations
8 years, 7 months ago

Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io has thin atmosphere resulting in fluctuations

Firstpost  

Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io has a thin atmosphere that collapses in the shadow of the planet condensing as ice, say, NASA-funded researchers, revealing the freezing effects of its shadow during daily eclipses on the moon’s volcanic gases. “This is the first time scientists have observed this remarkable phenomenon directly, improving our understanding of this geologically active moon,” said Constantine Tsang, …

Hello Jupiter! NASA Spacecraft Juno Arrives at the Giant Planet
8 years, 8 months ago

Hello Jupiter! NASA Spacecraft Juno Arrives at the Giant Planet

The Quint  

Hours before the encounter, NASA released a series of images taken last week during the approach, showing Jupiter glowing yellow in the distance, circled by its four inner moons. The fifth rock from the sun and the heftiest planet in the solar system, Jupiter is what’s known as a gas giant — a ball of hydrogen and helium — unlike …

Jupiter 'puts on fireworks display' as space probe approaches planet
8 years, 8 months ago

Jupiter 'puts on fireworks display' as space probe approaches planet

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. British astronomer Dr Jonathan Nichols, from the University of Leicester, who heads the Hubble team …

On Jupiter, never-ending auroras seem to be ‘throwing a fireworks party’ for approaching NASA craft
8 years, 8 months ago

On Jupiter, never-ending auroras seem to be ‘throwing a fireworks party’ for approaching NASA craft

LA Times  

On Jupiter, Fourth of July fireworks last year-round. “It almost seems as if Jupiter is throwing a fireworks party for the imminent arrival of Juno.” See the most-read stories in Science this hour » NASA’s Juno spacecraft is on track to begin orbiting Jupiter on July 4. As Juno approaches Jupiter, it is collecting data on the solar wind, which …

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