This event is in the past.It took place on April 15, 2026 at Stanford Court San Francisco.

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Io's Extensive Volcanism

April 15 at 12:30pm

At Stanford Court San Francisco

Nob Hill, San Francisco

🌋Io has 400+ active volcanoes — most in the solar system
🔭The 1979 prediction was confirmed by Voyager 1 within a week
Bring lunch — it's a quick 50-minute midday talk

Peer into the volcanic fury of Jupiter's moon Io, where 400+ volcanoes reshape the surface daily. This talk unpacks how scientists predicted this chaos decades before we could see it, and what we've learned since.

space science lecture
planetary geology
academic talk
lunchtime learning