NASA’s Juno mission is best known for the gorgeous images of Jupiter that it has taken since its launch in 2011 and arrival at Jupiter in 2016.
But the spacecraft hasn’t only investigated the planet — it has also studied Jupiter’s many moons, like the large Ganymede and the icy Europa. Recently, the spacecraft has been making close flybys of the Jovian moon Io, which is the most volcanically active body in the solar system. And it has observed some dramatic features there, like a lake of lava and a large mountain.
The effects of that heating were seen in action by Juno when it made its recent close passes of Io. “Io is simply littered with volcanoes, and we caught a few of them in action,” said Juno’s principal investigator, Scott Bolton, at a news conference. Related The incredible observations have been used to create this artist’s concept video showing what it would look like to fly over this lava lake.
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