NASA's Juno spacecraft has provided groundbreaking insights into the subsurface temperatures of Jupiter's moon Io, revealing the hidden forces behind its intense volcanic activity.
Io is the most volcanically active world in our solar system
Jul 26, 2026
03:25 pm
What's the storyNASA's Juno spacecraft has unveiled the first-ever glimpse of the hidden heat beneath Jupiter's moon Io, the most volcanically active world in our solar system.
The revelations came during close flybys in late 2023 and early 2024 when Juno used its Microwave Radiometer (MWR) instrument to peer six to 20 feet beneath Io's surface.
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The subsurface findings could transform how scientists study volcanoes across the solar system — including those on Earth.
The heat could be rising from cooling lava flows beneath a layer of solidified crust.
NASA’s Juno mission has provided the first measurements of the temperature below the surface of Jupiter’s moon Io, revealing…
This graphic illustrates the areas of Jupiter’s moon Io sampled by the Microwave Radiometer (MWR) instrument aboard NASA’s Juno…
This map represents data captured by the Microwave Radiometer (MWR) aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft, indicating heat rising from…
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