NASA’s Juno mission, initially focused on Jupiter, has made an exciting discovery about the Jovian moon Io. Juno’s infrared instrument captured images revealing numerous lava lakes on Io’s surface, characterized by hot rings of lava surrounding a cooler crust. These findings provide new insights into the volcanic activity of Io, the most volcanically active body in our solar system.
Using a cutting-edge camera installed on the Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona, scientists have captured unprecedentedly detailed images of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io. The images, taken by the SHARK-VIS (SHArp-imaging Kirkpatrick VISual) camera, reveal features on Io’s surface as small as 80 kilometers wide, a resolution previously only possible with spacecraft exploration. The images provide valuable insights into Io’s volcanic activity and its impact on the moon’s surface over billions of years.
