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NASA's Juno mission uncovers heart of Jovian moon's volcanic rage
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Scientists with NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter have discovered ... Our new findings provide an opportunity to rethink what we know about planetary formation and ...
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Could life exist on one of Jupiter’s moons?
Besides Earth itself, Mars is the most-studied planet in the solar system ... water. On October 14th a NASA probe called ...
NASA spacecraft spots hot lava on distant world Io
NASA's recent flybys of Io, however, reveal that it likely doesn't contain a global magma ocean beneath its surface, as ...
A Tale of Four Worlds: Hubble’s Ten-Year Hunt for Secrets in the Outer Solar System
NASA and ESA’s Hubble Space Telescope has been observing the outer planets through a program called OPAL (Outer Planet ...
Marius, the man who named Jupiter’s Galilean moons
German astronomer Simon Marius is best remembered for his disputes with Galileo Galilei over priority for discovering Jupiter ...
Jupiter’s Moon Io Shows No Magma Ocean as New Findings Explain Volcanic Eruptions
Io's volcanic activity explained without magma ocean evidence Tidal heating powers volcanic eruptions on Jupiter's moon ...