Tag: Thermal emissions


  • Io’s Volcanic Heat Revealed: Hundreds of Times Hotter Than Expected

    Io’s Volcanic Heat Revealed: Hundreds of Times Hotter Than Expected

    Scientists Discover Io Is Hotter Than Previously Believed Jupiter’s moon Io, long known as the Solar System’s most volcanically active world, may be radiating heat at levels hundreds of times higher than scientists previously estimated. The revelation comes from data gathered by NASA’s Juno spacecraft, which has been studying the gas giant and its moons…