LOCATION: Prescott Public Library, Founders’ Suite
SPEAKER: Dr. Laszlo Kestay. Director
Astrogeology Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey
COMMENTS: Dr. Kestay diagnosed the processes that keep Io geologically hyperactive lead us from the volcanoes on the surface, through the crust that thrusts up mountains taller than the Himalayas, into a hidden ocean of magma. These same processes operate in other, wetter, moons in our Solar System, potentially providing environments that are favorable for life.
Nov 19, 2015