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1. Hints of vents: track down the volcanic sources of the lunar maria

Author

Wood, Charles A.

Subjects
Moon -- Natural history, Volcanism -- Observations, Astronomy
Abstract

Dark lava flows of the lunar maria cover about 30% of the Moon's nearside. Geologists know from investigating volcanism on Earth that such lavas come from magma that melts at [...]

Published
2013

2. April 1989

Author

Sinnott, Roger W.

Subjects
Jupiter (Planet) -- Observations, Astronomy -- Analysis, Volcanism -- Observations, Astronomy
Abstract

Alien Eruptions 'When the Voyager 1 spacecraft glided past Jupiter and its satellites in 1979, no one expected to see images of volcanoes on the moon Io spewing sulfur-laden magma. [...]

Published
2014

3. Ground- and space-based

Author

Carlisle, Camille M.

Subjects
Io (Satellite) -- Observations, Volcanism -- Observations, Astronomy
Abstract

Ground- and space-based observations suggest that Io's volcanism might affect Jupiter's auroral activity, Japanese and Belgian researchers report in an upcoming Icarus. Jupiter's sodium nebula--produced from Io's volcanic spew--beefed up [...]

Published
2013

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