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The Atmosphere of Io

(PhysOrg.com) -- Io is one of the four moons of Jupiter that Galileo discovered after he turned his new telescope heavenward. They shocked him and his contemporaries because they demonstrated that heavenly ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 14, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 19 | with audio podcast

The Chance for Life on Io

Jupiter’s moon Io is the most volcanically active body in the solar system. Could it also be a habitat for life?

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created Jun 10, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (24) | comments 22 | with audio podcast




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JUICE is Europe's next large science mission

(Phys.org) -- Jupiter’s icy moons are the focus of Europe’s next large science mission.

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created May 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Geologic map of Jupiter's moon Io details an otherworldly volcanic surface

More than 400 years after Galileo's discovery of Io, the innermost of Jupiter's largest moons, a team of scientists led by Arizona State University (ASU) has produced the first complete global geologic map ...

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created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Image of Jupiter from a ground-based telescope

(PhysOrg.com) -- This image of Jupiter and its moons Io and Ganymede was acquired by amateur astronomer Damian Peach on Sept. 12, 2010, when Jupiter was close to opposition. South is up and the "Great Red ...

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created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

O, Pioneers! (Part 1): The motes in God's eye

March 2012 marks the fortieth anniversary of the launch of one of the most extraordinary spacecraft ever constructed - Pioneer 10 - the first true deep space probe. The story of the Voyager spacecraft is well ...

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created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Two new moons for Jupiter

Advances in technology have lead to the discovery of new planets outside of our Solar System, and now even new moons in our own backyard.

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created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 7

Tidal forces could squeeze out planetary water

Alien planets might experience tidal forces powerful enough to remove all their water, leaving behind hot, dry worlds like Venus, researchers said.

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created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

What if the earth had two moons?

The idea of an Earth with two moons has been a science fiction staple for decades. More recently, real possibilities of an Earth with two moon have popped up. The properties of the Moon’s far side has ...

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created Dec 28, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (8) | comments 11

As Voyager 1 nears edge of solar system, scientists look back

(PhysOrg.com) -- In 1977, Jimmy Carter was sworn in as president, Elvis died, Virginia park ranger Roy Sullivan was hit by lightning a record seventh time, and two NASA space probes destined to turn planetary ...

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created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Ten years of Very Large Telescope adaptive optics

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ten years ago today, NACO became operational: the first adaptive optics system of ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT). Adaptive Optics allows astronomers to remove the stars' twinkling – ...

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created Nov 25, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 3

Space image: Jupiter-Io montage

(PhysOrg.com) -- This montage of New Horizons images shows Jupiter and its volcanic moon Io, and were taken during the spacecraft's Jupiter flyby in early 2007.

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created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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