NASA's Galileo reveals magma 'ocean' beneath surface of Jupiter's moon
Thursday, May 12, 2011 - 16:20
in Astronomy & Space
A new analysis of data from NASA's Galileo spacecraft reveals a subsurface "ocean" of magma beneath the surface of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io. The finding is the first direct confirmation of such a magma layer at Io and explains how Io can be the most volcanic object known in the solar system.