Sunday, 13 September 2015

Underground magma ocean could explain Io's 'misplaced' volcanoes

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Tides flowing in a subsurface ocean of molten rock, or magma, could explain why Jupiter's moon Io appears to have its volcanoes in the 'wrong' place. New NASA research implies that oceans beneath the crusts of tidally stressed moons may be more common and last longer than expected.
via Science Daily
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