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JWST peeks at Callisto's ancient scars

New James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal that Callisto, Jupiter’s least studied Galilean moon, exhibits more activity than previously thought.

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New James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal that Callisto, Jupiter’s least studied Galilean moon, exhibits more activity than previously thought. Using the telescope’s Near‑Infrared Spectrograph, an international team led by Maria Camarca captured spectra of the moon’s trailing hemisphere, the large Asgard impact basin, and the central region of the Valhalla multi‑ring structure. The findings, presented in a paper now accepted by the Planetary Science Journal and posted on arXiv, suggest that Callisto’s ancient, crater‑filled surface is not as inert as once believed.

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