The Io–Jupiter system is similar, in scale, to an exoplanet orbiting an M-dwarf, and if volcanic Io doesn't have a magma ocean then perhaps exoplanets on close orbits around M-dwarfs don't either.

There are new, high-quality images of Jupiter's moon, Io, thanks to the nearest flyby of the celestial body by a spacecraft in decades.. NASA released images Saturday taken by the Juno spacecraft ...

The mutilated surface of Jupiter’s moon Io was revealed in great detail by the Juno spacecraft, which has been exploring the Jovian system since 2016 and recently pulled off the closest flyby of ...

On March 9, 1979, Linda Morabito discovered a volcanic plume on Io, a moon of Jupiter, in one of the photos from Voyager 1. She wrote, “I could feel tears begin to roll down my face at the sight ...

Jupiter's moon Io is the solar system's most volcanic body thanks to a gravitational tug of war that rages below its surface. But now scientists know the violent moon has always been this way.

Jupiter moon of Io is famed for its volcanoes. NASA just spotted the most powerful one yet Not only was the hot spot larger than Earth’s Lake Superior, but it also was seen belching out ...

NASA's robotic Juno spacecraft is delivering the fresh data on Io with a series of flybys, each getting closer to Jupiter's volcanic moon until a pair of close-up encounters at a range of less ...

In our favorite space image of the week, NASA's Juno spacecraft got an unprecedented look at Jupiter's volcanic moon Io from just 930 miles away. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu ...

Io, the innermost of Jupiter's four largest moons, is slightly bigger than Earth's moon.Io is the most volcanically active body in the solar system, bursting with plumes that rise up to more than ...

NASA’s Galileo spacecraft image of Io from July 1999 (main) and infrared data collected Oct. 15, 2023, by the JIRAM instrument aboard NASA’s Juno showing Chors Patera, a lava lake on Jupiter ...

Jupiter's moon Io is a volcanic hellscape—and has been since the solar system began. Io is the most volcanic body known to science, and researchers have puzzled over its history for years.