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Rashid's Blog (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
Space Travels in Geology: Io: A Different Kind of Hell Mary Caperton Morton NASA/USGS/Tammy Becker and Paul Geissler A mosaic basemap of Io was produced by compositing images from the Voyager 1 and Galileo missions. In 1610, using one of the world's first telescopes, Galileo discovered Jupiter’s moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. For the next several hundred years, [...]
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Science - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 03/19/2008
From previous studies, researchers knew the Io footprint to be a bright spot that is often followed by other auroral spots. ...
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Space News From SpaceDaily.Com (Free subscription) | 03/18/2008
Liege, Belgium (SPX) Mar 18, 2008 - Scientists have observed unexpected luminous spots on Jupiter caused by its moon Io. Besides displaying the most spectacular volcanic activity in the solar system, Io causes auroras on its mother planet that are similar to the Northern Lights on Earth. The auroral emissions linked to the volcanic moon are called the Io footprint.
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 03/17/2008
Scientists have observed unexpected luminous spots on Jupiter caused by its moon Io.Besides displaying the most spectacular volcanic activity in the solar system, Io causes auroras on its mother planet that are similar to the Northern Lights on Earth.
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Space.com (Free subscription) | 03/17/2008
Glowing spots on Jupiter created by electron beams around Io.
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Bad Astronomy Blog (Free subscription) | 03/17/2008
Jupiter’s magnetic field is enormous, which is fitting for the King of the Planets. It is far stronger and larger than Earth’s, and, not surprisingly, far more complex. Still, some parts of it are just like home: Jupiter has aurorae. This has been known for years; the interaction of Jupiter’s magnetic field with its atmosphere creates [...]
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Space News From SpaceDaily.Com (Free subscription) | 02/29/2008
Laurel MD (SPX) Feb 29, 2008 - This New Horizons image of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io was taken at 13:05 Universal Time during the spacecraft's Jupiter flyby on February 28, 2007. It shows the reddish color of the deposits from the giant volcanic eruption at the volcano Tvashtar, near the top of the sunlit crescent, as well as the bluish plume itself and the orange glow of the hot lava at its source....
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Towleroad (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
I love this composite of Jupiter and its moon Io recently released by NASA, although I have to say it does remind me of those velvet posters from the 70's that are meant to be put under black light so...
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within the crainium (Free subscription) | 12/24/2007
This image comes from the Bad Astronomy blog's Top Ten Astronomy Pictures of 2007. This image is of two of Jupiter's moons, Europa and Io. Europa is the crescent on the lower left, and Io ... is the one on...
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Space News From SpaceDaily.Com (Free subscription) | 10/24/2007
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 24, 2007 - Goddard's LEISA instrument has become a first-rate photographer, contributing to this spectacular photo of Jupiter, which appeared on the cover of the October 12 issue of the journal Science. It is a montage of Jupiter and its volcanic moon Io, taken by the New Horizons spacecraft as it sped past Jupiter on its way to Pluto.
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Jahsonic (Free subscription) | 10/20/2007
Jupiter and Io (c. 1530) - Correggio It would appear that the dynamics of the two married protagonists of Greek and Roman mythology Zeus (Jupiter) and Hera (Juno) is one of a jealous wife chasing a promiscuous husband. In order to conceal his escapades, Zeus constantly makes use of his shapeshifting abilities. [...]
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Resource Shelf (Free subscription) | 10/17/2007
Digital Globes: WorldWind Adds Updated Imagery for Jupiter’s moon Io WorldWind is a NASA/open source project offering hundreds of add-ons and a number of useful resources with the primary download. + Primary Download * Earth — The planet we live on. * Moon — Usually the brightest object in the night sky. [...]
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 10/15/2007
Pictures of the aurora at Io, a pizza-faced moon of Jupiter, help scientists figure out the moon's volcanoes contribute to its thin atmosphere of sulfur dioxide.
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Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 10/13/2007
The NASA spacecraft on the way to Pluto has discovered lightning in the polar regions of Jupiter, scientists said Tuesday. It also found that the volcanically active moon Io belches out tons of material that travels hundreds of millions of miles down Jupiter's long magnetic tail.
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Tech_Space (Free subscription) | 10/10/2007
Jupiter has some enlightening news, you can soon see Tut's face and spontaneous brain activity may ruin clutch shots: NY Times -- New Horizons has spotted lightning in the polar regions of Jupiter. Also: Io has a belching issue. BBC...
