How space missions make discoveries on the way to their main destinations
To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...
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Discovery of the Solar System’s most powerful energy source
Io, about the size of Earth’s Moon, orbits close to Jupiter. Its changing distance from Jupiter causes ... JunoCam also captured images showing changes in surface color around the hot spot, which is ...
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The Sky This Week from January 24 to 31: The Moon mingles with Antares
This red giant bears a visual resemblance to the planet Mars due to its color ... Jupiter’s 44”-wide disk. East Coast observers, you may catch the start of a transit as the large moon Ganymede ...
Jupiter moon of Io is famed for its volcanoes. NASA just spotted the most powerful one yet
NASA officials said what Juno spotted was 'the most powerful volcanic event ever recorded on the most volcanic world in our solar system.' ...
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Jupiter moon of Io is famed for its volcanoes. NASA just spotted the most powerful one yet
The hellish surface of a moon of Jupiter known as Io is riddled with hundreds of lava-spewing volcanoes that make the world one of chaos and violence. The brutal conditions also make Io intriguing ...
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Jupiter's 'tormented moon' Io just unleashed the most powerful volcanic event ever seen
Io is Jupiter's third-largest moon, spanning roughly 2,300 miles (3,700 kilometers) across, which makes it slightly bigger than Earth's moon. It orbits Jupiter at a distance of around 262,000 ...