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 ...

NASA's robotic Juno spacecraft is delivering the fresh data on Io with a series of flybys, each getting closer to Jupiter's volcanic moon until a pair of close-up encounters at a range of less ...

After zipping past the massive Ganymede in 2021 and the icy Europa in 2022, Juno executed its first close flyby of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io, the innermost of the planet’s four large ...

Because Io is so close to its massive host planet, the moon is subjected to a tremendous gravitational pull as it orbits ...

Jupiter sets record after 12 new moons discovered 00:14. 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 ...

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 ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft photographed Jupiter's moon Io during an Oct. 15 flyby, showing its tortured, volcanically-active surface.

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 north polar region of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io was captured by NASA’s Juno during the spacecraft’s 57th close pass of the gas giant on Dec. 30, 2023.

NASA’s Juno mission captured Jupiter’s moon Io on December 30 during its closest flyby. Image: NASA/Image processed by Kevin M. Gill The mutilated surface of Jupiter’s moon Io was revealed ...

Io is about to take center stage as NASA's Jupiter-studying Juno spacecraft turns its cameras and instruments on the fiery moon. In anticipation of capturing new Io views, NASA released a ...

Jupiter’s moon Io is the best example of a world of fire, freckled with volcanoes and cracked by lava spills. There are many competing theories to explain the workings of this fire-orb.