NASA’s Juno spacecraft has now paid Jupiter’s moon Io its second close-up visit in less than two Earth months. To mark the rendezvous, NASA and the Southwest Research Institute released a new batch of images showing the infamously infernal moon in a state of seemingly uncharacteristic calm. Scientists also released a video showing Juno’s gradual […]
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Revlon Oil-Absorbing Volcanic Roller is $9 at Amazon
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NASA Juno spacecraft reveals Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io like never before in spectacular new images
During its 57th flyby of Jupiter, NASA’s Juno spacecraft came closer to the planet’s moon Io than any other mission has in the last two decades. Passing within around 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) of Io, the most volcanic body in the solar system, on Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023, Juno was able to capture stunningly detailed […]
NASA spacecraft makes approach to “most volcanic world” in solar system
A NASA spacecraft made the closest-ever approach to Jupiter’s moon Io in decades, coming within 930 miles of the “surface of the most volcanic world,” and the space agency released new images of the flyby. The spacecraft, Juno, has been circling Jupiter since 2016. Since then, it has orbited the planet to learn more about […]
Volcanic eruption lights up Iceland after weeks of earthquake warnings − a geologist explains what’s happening
Lava erupted through a fissure in Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula on Dec. 18, 2023, shooting almost 100 feet (30 meters) in the air in its early hours. Icelanders had been anticipating an eruption in the area for weeks, ever since a swarm of thousands of small earthquakes began on Oct. 23 northeast of the fishing town […]