The moon spent a few million years as a volcanic wasteland, covered with ongoing eruptions that spewed from mountains and even from the ground itself. New research suggests that the moon's orbit could ...

Jupiter's volcanic moon Io doesn't appear to have a subsurface ocean of magma, resolving some issues about how Io's volcanoes erupt and raising broader questions about similar magma oceans within ...

We knew data from Juno’s two very close flybys could give us some insights on how this tortured moon actually worked.” Io orbits around Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system ...

No moon in our solar system is likely as chaotic as Io, Jupiter’s third largest. The rocky body looks like a pepperoni pizza because of the constant, numerous eruptions on its surface.

We know that Io is roughly the same size as our Moon, and that it features an active lava lake, lava flows, mountains, and more. Another big difference could be the existence of alien life on Io ...

New data from the orbiter has unveiled some of the treacherous conditions of not only Jupiter, but its moon Io, the most volcanic body in the solar system. The findings, which come after Juno has ...

Scott Bolton’s first encounter with Io took place in the summer of 1980, right after he graduated from college and started a job at NASA. The Voyager 1 spacecraft had flown past this moon of Jupiter, ...

You can get in touch with Jess by emailing j.thomson@newsweek.com. Io, Jupiter's third-largest moon, is covered in lakes made of lava, according to a new paper in the journal Nature Communications ...

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. When you purchase through links ...

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