NASA says a brand new examine printed in Nature titled Io’s tidal response precludes a shallow magma ocean “factors to why, and the way, Io grew to become probably the most volcanic physique within the photo voltaic system.”

NASA says that Juno’s scientists “have found that the volcanoes on Jupiter’s moon Io are every doubtless powered by their very own chamber of roiling scorching magma somewhat than an ocean of magma. The discovering solves a 44-year-old thriller in regards to the subsurface origins of the moon’s most demonstrative geologic options.”

The paper “on the supply of Io’s volcanism was printed on Thursday, Dec. 12, within the journal Nature, and the findings, in addition to different Io science outcomes, have been mentioned throughout a media briefing in Washington on the American Geophysical Union’s annual assembly, the nation’s largest gathering of Earth and house scientists.”

NASA says Io is “in regards to the dimension of Earth’s Moon” and “is named probably the most volcanically lively physique in our photo voltaic system. The moon is house to an estimated 400 volcanoes, which blast lava and plumes in seemingly steady eruptions that contribute to the coating on its floor.”

Watch this new animation simply launched of Io