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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.
New Images of Jupiter’s Moon Io Capture Infernal Volcanic Landscape Juno, a NASA mission designed to study Jupiter’s origins, sent back new views of the most eruptive world in the solar system.
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.
During close flybys of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured stunning “bonus science” about the nightmarish 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's Juno spacecraft captured new images of Jupiter's moon Io, a world teeming with erupting volcanoes and molten lava. The spacecraft will get progressively closer to the moon throughout 2023.
The Juno spacecraft ended 2023 with a close flyby of Jupiter’s moon Io, which could be 100 times more volcanic than Earth.
Jupiter’s Moon Io Is Alive With Volcanic Activity, Despite Its Initial ‘Dead Moon’ Image Signs of volcanoes abound in new images of Io, the most active moon in our solar system. But the moon wasn’t ...
Astronomers using the Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona have taken a close-up picture of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io that rivals similar photos taken from space.
NASA's Juno craft swooped just 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) from Jupiter's volcanic moon Io, snapping some of the closest-ever images of this distant world.
NASA's Juno spacecraft recently made a close flyby of the solar system's most volcanic body, the Jovian moon of Io.
A NASA spacecraft currently orbiting Jupiter has sent back an exciting new batch of close-up images of its moon Io. Io, the most volcanic place in the entire solar system, was imaged five times by ...