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's ...
New research is revealing the secrets of Io, the mysterious volcanic moon of Jupiter. Four centuries after Galileo discovered Io in 1610, NASA sent a spacecraft called Juno on a five-year mission ...
An artist's impression of the mirror-like lava lake of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io. Source: NASA NASA then commissioned a video by an artist to display what a view of the magnificent lake would ...
Revealing Io's mysteries Io, first discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610, is just slightly larger than our moon, but it's unlike anywhere else in the solar system. The rocky moon's surface is ...