NASA Probe Spies Plumes Above Jupiter Moon’s Lava Lakes
Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Image processing by Andrea Luck (CC BY) It’s not a big moon relative to some of its neighbors, but Jupiter’s Io is exceedingly active, with volcanoes by the…
Juno Spacecraft Gears Up for Closest Look at Jupiter’s Tormented Moon
NASA’s curious Jupiter probe is getting chummier with the planet’s most erratic moon, Io. The Juno spacecraft will carry out the closest encounter any mission has had with the volcanic…