jupiter Archives - fullSTEAMahead365 https://fullsteamahead365.com/tag/jupiter/ Human Advancement Never Stops Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:07:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/fullsteamahead365.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cropped-cropped-icon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 jupiter Archives - fullSTEAMahead365 https://fullsteamahead365.com/tag/jupiter/ 32 32 156403294 NASA reveals Steeple Mountain and Loki Patera lava lake on Jupiter moon Io in new animation https://fullsteamahead365.com/2024/04/25/nasa-reveals-steeple-mountain-and-loki-patera-lava-lake-on-jupiter-moon-io-in-new-animation/ https://fullsteamahead365.com/2024/04/25/nasa-reveals-steeple-mountain-and-loki-patera-lava-lake-on-jupiter-moon-io-in-new-animation/#respond Thu, 25 Apr 2024 14:06:58 +0000 https://fullsteamahead365.com/?p=9924 Juno spacecraft data has been used to create an animation of "Steeple Mountain" and a lava lake known as Loki Patera on Jupiter's moon Io.

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]]> Two recent flybys of Io, Jupiter’s intriguing moon, by the NASA Juno spacecraft, have revealed more detail about the most volcanic world in the solar system. As a result, the Juno spacecraft data has been used to create an animation of “Steeple Mountain” and a lava lake known as Loki Patera on Jupiter’s moon Io.

Fly over a mountain and lava lake on Jupiter’s moon Io! Animation from spacecraft data.

Io has been known as volcanically active for many decades, but new data suggests that the moon has been spewing lava since shortly after the creation of our solar system more than 4 billion years ago. You can read a detailed breakdown on Space.com.

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