On Jupiter’s moon Io, lava creeping beneath frost may give rise to fields of towering dunes. That finding, described April 19 in Nature Communications, suggests
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Readers discuss hot Jupiters, Earth’s inner core oddities and more
Turning tides Gravitational interactions with nearby planets and stars can hurl giant exoplanets into orbits that bring them close to their suns, Ken Croswell reported
Jupiter’s intense auroras superheat its higher environment
Jupiter’s higher environment is tons of of levels hotter than anticipated. After a decades-long search, scientists could have pinned down a probable supply of that