What lurks beneath the volcanoes of Jupiter's moon Io? NASA's Juno probe just took a peek

What lurks beneath the volcanoes of Jupiter's moon Io? NASA's Juno probe just took a peek

The north polar region of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io was captured by NASA’s Juno during the spacecraft's 57th close pass of the gas giant on Dec. 30, 2023. Data from that flyby and one on Feb. 3, 2024, is helping scientists understand Io's interior.The subsurface findings could transform how scientists study volcanoes across the solar system — including those on Earth.Scientists have measured temperatures beneath the surface of Jupiter's volcani…