What can a sample return mission from Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io, teach scientists about planetary and satellite (moon) ...

Io’s volcanism — probably present over the moon’s entire 4.6-billion-year existence — was discovered when the Voyager spacecraft flew by in 1979. The volcanic activity is caused by the ...

Take a tour of the space volcanoes on other planets and moons across the Solar System, and find out how they differ from ...

Using data collected by NASA's Juno spacecraft as it flew past Jupiter's highly volcanic moon Io in late 2023 and again in early 2024, a Southwest Research Institute-led team identified electrons ...

Experts have determined that the seismic activity is caused by fault movement, rather than... NASA’s Juno spacecraft has recorded the most powerful volcanic eruption on Io, Jupiter’s most ...

Tuesday's eruption also caused the evacuation of the Blue Lagoon spa, one of the country's top tourist destinations.

Scientists believe Io’s volcanic activity mirrors conditions on early Earth and exoplanets with extreme geothermal activity. Insights from this event could expand our knowledge of planetary ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has recorded the most powerful volcanic eruption on Io, Jupiter’s most volcanic moon. The eruption site, detected on 27 December 2024, is fueled by a massive magma ...

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Two very close recent flybys of Io by the Juno spacecraft have revealed more detail about the most volcanic world in ... more of a moderation in buying activity rather than anything more serious.

Their findings, appearing in Communications Earth & Environment, suggest volcanic activity altered conditions enough to accelerate oxygenation, and the whiffs are an indication of this taking place.