Jupiter moon of Io is famed for its volcanoes. NASA just spotted the most powerful one yet Not only was the hot spot larger than Earth’s Lake Superior, but it also was seen belching out ...

Jupiter's volcanic moon Io doesn't appear to have a subsurface ocean of magma, resolving some issues about how Io's volcanoes erupt and raising broader questions about similar magma oceans within ...

The hellish surface of a moon of Jupiter known as Io is riddled with hundreds of lava-spewing volcanoes that make the world one of chaos and violence. The brutal conditions also make Io intriguing ...

Jupiter's moon Io is the solar system's most volcanic body thanks to a gravitational tug of war that rages below its surface. But now scientists know the violent moon has always been this way.

The last time a spacecraft got this close to Jupiter's moon Io was more than 20 years ago, a blink of an eye on a typical geological timescale. Most planetary bodies in our Solar System wouldn't ...

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.

NASA's Juno mission has captured stunning new views of Jupiter's moon Io and its lava-scarred surface.

A NASA spacecraft is set to swing past one of Jupiter’s moon Io, giving astronomers a close-up view of one of the most volcanic spots in the solar system.

There are new, high-quality images of Jupiter's moon, Io, thanks to the nearest flyby of the celestial body by a spacecraft in decades. NASA released images Saturday taken by the Juno spacecraft ...

Jupiter's moon Io is a volcanic hellscape—and has been since the solar system began Io is the most volcanic body known to science, and researchers have puzzled over its history for years. A new ...

Jupiter’s moon Io may have been volcanically active throughout its life. In this image of Io, taken by NASA’s Juno spacecraft in 2023, a bright volcanic plume can be seen on the left, just ...

Hidden Planet Scientists are starting to learn why this moon keeps erupting with volcanoes Hundreds of volcanoes and lava lakes on Jupiter’s moon Io are likely powered in the same way as Earth ...