By staring into the hellish landscape of Jupiter’s moon Io — the most volcanically active location in the solar system — astronomers have been able to study a fundamental process in planetary formation and evolution: tidal heating.
Geiger Mueller News Service
By staring into the hellish landscape of Jupiter’s moon Io — the most volcanically active location in the solar system — astronomers have been able to study a fundamental process in planetary formation and evolution: tidal heating.