If there's no magma ocean, where does the 'melt' come from that emerges from the volcanoes as lava? Jupiter's volcanic moon Io doesn't appear to have a subsurface ocean of magma, resolving some ...

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The Juno mission, which has been orbiting and observing Jupiter and its moons since July ... “We can see that this body is completely covered with volcanoes over both poles and all across ...

NASA's Juno mission revealed that Jupiter's moon, Io, the most volcanic body in our solar system, doesn't possess a global magma ocean. Instead, separate magma chambers fuel its over 400 active ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Jupiter's volcanic moon Io doesn't appear to have a subsurface ocean of magma, resolving some ...

Io may be too volcanic for humans to live, but some of Jupiter’s other moons — Europa and Ganymede — could be places to look for signs of life. “It’s a way of generating heat when you ...

A new study points to why, and how, Io became the most volcanic body in the solar system. Scientists with NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter have discovered that the volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io are ...

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 ...

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.