NASA’s Juno spacecraft finds temperatures surging just below Io’s volcanic surface
NASA's Juno spacecraft has measured the temperature just below the surface of Jupiter's moon Io for the first time.
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NASA’s Juno spacecraft conducted the first direct measurements of temperatures surging beneath the volcanic surface of Jupiter's moon, Io. The findings characterized the moon as surprisingly fluffy while confirming intense internal heat.
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The obvious questions
What is Io?
Io is one of Jupiter's moons.
What is the Juno spacecraft?
The Juno spacecraft is a NASA spacecraft that has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016.
What is the Southwest Research Institute?
The Southwest Research Institute is a research organization that announced the first direct temperature measurements beneath Io’s surface.
The story so far
The Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) announced the first direct temperature measurements beneath Io’s surface. The measurements were taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft. The temperature is surging just below Io’s volcanic surface. Io is described as surprisingly fluffy.
The measurements were taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft. The temperature is described as fiery. The temperature is described as surging. The current state of the story is that NASA's Juno spacecraft has measured the temperature just below the surface of Jupiter's moon Io for the first time.
The temperature is described as fiery and surging. Io is described as surprisingly fluffy.
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The reporting (8)
- Lava World Recon: Juno Measures Subsurface Temperature Of Io Astrobiology Web · 15d ago
- Jupiter’s Moon Io is Surprisingly Fluffy Sky & Telescope · 15d ago
- NASA's Juno spacecraft finds temperatures surging just below Io’s volcanic surface Yahoo · 15d ago
- APOD: 2001 July 15 science.nasa.gov · 15d ago
- SwRI scientist announces first direct temperature measurements beneath Io’s surface Texas Public Radio | TPR · 15d ago
- NASA measures the fiery heat inside Jupiter's volcanic moon Io Earth.com · 15d ago
- Juno measures fiery Io’s subsurface temperature for 1st time EarthSky · 15d ago
- NASA’s Juno spacecraft finds temperatures surging just below Io’s volcanic surface The Brighter Side of News · 15d ago
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