Galileo to pay farewell visit to Jupiter's moon Io

NASA's Galileo orbiter will swing past Jupiter's moon Io on Jan. 17, its last and closest flyby of any of the planet's four major moons. Io's volcanoes have interested scientists since they were first spotted by the Voyager spacecraft in 1979. It has an estimated 200 to 300 volcanoes and is the most...

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