Hubble and James Webb telescopes team up to study Jupiter’s volcanic moon
E&T
AUGUST 29, 2023
Io’s escaping atmosphere is the dominant source of material in the Jovian magnetosphere, a vast bubble of charged particles swirling around the gas giant. The Io Plasma Torus (IPT) is a doughnut-shaped cloud of ions and electrons surrounding Jupiter, created when atmospheric gases escaping from Io are ionised.
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