NASA's Juno Mission Solves Io's Volcanic Mystery
- NASA's Juno spacecraft has conducted flybys of Jupiter's moon Io, revealing its volcanic activity is due to individual magma chambers rather than a global magma ocean.
- The observations indicate that Io has a rigid, mostly solid interior, solving a 45-year mystery initiated by Voyager 1's observations.
- Jupiter's gravitational pull heats Io as it orbits, affecting its volcanic activity, similar to squeezing a rubber ball.
- These findings may alter astronomers' understanding of other moons with subsurface oceans, like Europa, and planets outside our solar system.
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