A NASA spacecraft is set to swing past one of Jupiter’s moons Thursday, giving astronomers a close-up view of one of the most volcanic spots in the solar system. The Juno probe, which has been ...
NASA has recorded the most powerful volcanic eruption outside of Earth on Io, one of Jupiter’s moons. On December 27, 2022, ...
For decades, scientists have been puzzled by the violent eruptions on Jupiter’s moon Io. Now, thanks to Juno’s recent close ...
The spacecraft came to within 930 miles of Io's surface—the closest any spacecraft has flown by the Jovian moon in over 20 years. Reading time 2 minutes The mutilated surface of Jupiter’s moon Io was ...
A NASA spacecraft made its closest-ever approach to Jupiter's moon Io, coming within 930 miles of the "surface of the most volcanic world," and the space agency released new images of the flyby. The ...
Jupiter’s volcanic moon, Io, is exhibiting geothermal activity far beyond what scientists had anticipated, with heat levels that defy previous models. This extreme thermal activity is driven by the ...
Loki Patera might sound like the name of a Norse god's heavy metal band, but it is actually a lake made of lava located on one of Jupiter's moons, Io. On Sunday NASA scientists released a new ...
If there's no magma ocean, where does the 'melt' come from that emerges from the volcanoes as lava? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...
"Io represented a big mystery because its surface doesn't hold a record of its history the way that the surfaces of less active moons do." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...