NASA's Juno spacecraft has spotted the most powerful volcanic eruption ever seen on the solar system's most volcanic body, the Jovian moon Io.
NASA’s Juno mission found Io’s biggest volcanic eruption ever. The explosion was stronger than all Earth’s power plants ...
"However, we have evidence ... JunoCam images from the two previous Io flybys with those the instrument collected on Dec. 27.
Loki Patera is 202 kilometres (126 mi) in diameter, covers 20,000 sq km (7,700 sq mi), and was the largest volcanic feature found on Io until these new observations revealed the hot spot in the south ...
The friction builds up heat inside Io and causes, think scientists, an ocean of magma under its rocky surface. An image of Jupiter as seen by NASA's Juno on August 18, 2024 during its 64rd perijove.
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Even by the standards of Io, the most volcanic celestial body in the solar system, recent events observed on the Jovian moon ...