Now the authors of a new study just published in Nature Astronomy think they have an answer: they're placing their bets on almost skin-deep heat engines buried not too far below Io's surreal surface.
Solving this mystery could help reveal how Io's lunar sibling Europa and other icy moons manage to harbor vast, potentially habitable liquid-water oceans despite the outer solar system's sunlight-starved chill.
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