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Juno’s Microwave Vision Peers beneath Surface of Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io

The north polar region of Io was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft on December 30, 2023. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Gerald Eichstädt.

New data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft show temperatures spike more than 20 degrees Celsius just a few meters under Io’s surface, providing the first look at what’s happening below the crust of the Solar System’s most volcanic world.

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La Terre vient d’afficher un écart thermique incroyable de 136,8 °C : comment est-ce possible au même moment ?

Un écart de plus de 136 °C entre les endroits les plus chauds et les plus froids de la Terre a de quoi sidérer. Mais derrière ce chiffre record, il y a surtout une leçon très utile : comprendre pourquoi certains lieux basculent dans l’extrême et ce que cela change pour nous.

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Space Weather May Warp Martian Weather during Dust Storms, Planetary Scientists Suggest

These images from Mars Color Imager (MARCI) aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) show Mars before (left) and during (right) the June 2018 dust storm. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / University of Arizona.

Planetary researchers have found the first evidence that bursts of energetic particles from the Sun could warm the lower atmosphere of Mars during massive dust storms, hinting at an unexpected link between space weather and Martian climate.

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