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VLA and ALMA study Jupiter and Io

VLA and ALMA study Jupiter and Io
Detail from a VLA image of Jupiter made in conjunction with observations by the Juno spacecraft in orbit around that planet. Credit: Moeckel, et al., Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF

VLA teams up with Juno spacecraft to study Jupiter’s atmosphere, and ALMA reveals new details about Io’s volcanoes. While the National Science Foundation’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) frequently reveal important new facts about objects far beyond our own Milky Way Galaxy — at distances of many millions or billions of light-years — they also are vital tools for unraveling much closer mysteries, right here in our own Solar System...

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