NASA's Juno spacecraft has spotted the most powerful volcanic eruption ever seen on the solar system's most volcanic body, the Jovian moon Io.

The data used to create the image is from a Hubble Space Telescope project to capture and map Jupiter's superstorm system.

Loki Patera is 202 kilometres (126 mi) in diameter, covers 20,000 sq km (7,700 sq mi), and was the largest volcanic feature found on Io until these new observations revealed the hot spot in the south ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The spacecraft Juno has been orbiting Jupiter for some time now, collecting some of the most amazing images of the largest planet in the solar system. Juno just finished its ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA’s June spacecraft completed its 40th close pass by the gas giant back in February.

As the largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter reflects a lot of the Sun’s light even though it is more than five times ...

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NASA shares images of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) near the sun and stunning photos from Jupiter and Mars missions.

NASA’s Juno mission found Io’s biggest volcanic eruption ever. The explosion was stronger than all Earth’s power plants ...

Dec. 9, 2024 — A NASA Hubble Space Telescope observation ... Glimpses of a Volcanic World: New Telescope Images of Jupiter's Moon Io Rival Those from Spacecraft May 30, 2024 — Combining ...