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A look at NASA's new images of Io, Jupiter's 'tortured moon'

PBS News Hour - Segments

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🗓️ 28 April 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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New research is revealing the secrets of Io, the mysterious volcanic moon of Jupiter. Four centuries after Galileo discovered Io in 1610, NASA sent a spacecraft called Juno on a five-year mission to Jupiter and its moons. Last week, NASA released animated artists' conceptions of Io based on data Juno collected during two flybys. John Yang reports. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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And finally tonight, more from the Cosmos. New research is revealing the secrets of

0:05.4

I. O. the mysterious volcanic moon of Jupiter. Four centuries after Galileo discovered

0:11.2

I.O. in 1610, NASA sent a first of its kind solar-powered

0:15.8

spacecraft called Juno on a five-year 1.7 billion-mile journey to Jupiter and its

0:22.3

moons to see what it could discover

0:24.2

with a color camera called Juno CAM. Last week NASA released animated artist

0:29.8

conceptions of I. OIL based on data Juno collected during two flybys.

0:35.0

Juno's teams of scientists nicknamed this towering sharp peak feature Steeple Mountain.

0:40.3

It's estimated to be as tall as 4.3 miles.

0:44.0

By comparison, Mount Everest is just under 5.5 miles.

0:48.5

This 127 mile long lake is called Lokee Potera. It's filled with cooling magma and rimmed by hot

0:55.6

lava. There are islands in the center. The reflections Juno Cam captured suggest that

1:01.0

part of IOS surface is as smooth as glass like the volcanic

1:05.2

rock obsidian.

1:07.1

Eruptions from Iow's hundreds of volcanoes illustrate why some call it the tortured moon. It's relentlessly squeezed by Jupiter's

1:15.3

tidal forces creating tremendous heat, melting rock and contributing to its

1:20.2

status as the solar system's most volcanically active site.

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