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 ...
Related: NASA's Juno probe sees active volcanic eruptions on Jupiter's volcanic moon Io (images) "Io is simply littered with volcanoes, and we caught a few of them in action," Scott Bolton ...
And then there’s Jupiter’s moon, Io. Io is the most volcanic object known to science. A rust-hued orb, its rocky seas of lava are larger than cities and its eruption plumes arc across the sky ...
NASA Juno mission captured amazing new imagery of Jupiter's moon Europa. The spacecraft flew about 219 miles (352 kilometers) over the surface of the moon. Credit: Space.com | imagery credit ...
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 ...
The solar system's most volcanic body, the Jupiter moon Io, has been in turmoil for at least 4.57 billion years, right back to its birth and the infancy of the sun. Those are the findings of a ...
Or perhaps more likely, look at under a microscope. The latest candidate for hosting nearby life is Jupiter’s moon, Io. Let’s take a look at what makes Io special, and what we might hope to ...