Close flybys of Io, one of Jupiter’s moons and the most volcanically active world in our solar system, have revealed a lava lake and a towering feature called “Steeple Mountain” on the moon ...
"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." The solar system's most volcanic body, the Jupiter moon ...
Io is the most volcanic body known to science, and researchers have puzzled over its history for years. A new report suggests it was born this way. This image revealing the north polar region of ...
The most volcanic body in the solar system, Io is an infernal hellworld that constantly spits sulfurous magma into space. And a new study suggests that it’s been that way for a long, long time.
Jupiter’s moon Io has possibly been erupting for a very, very, very long time. Io is the most volcanically active body in our solar system, with some of its volcanoes shooting magma higher than ...
Ganymede’s shadow on Jupiter. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSSImage processing by Thomas Thomopoulos © CC BY (main image)Image processing by Brian Swift © CC BY ...
NASA’s Juno mission is best known for the gorgeous images of Jupiter that it has taken since its launch in 2011 and arrival at Jupiter in 2016. But the spacecraft hasn’t only investigated the ...
"There's much more water than we thought 20 or 30 years ago, and it's really interesting to use this technique to try to understand where the water could be." The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE ...