New secrets about Jupiter's volcanically volatile moon Io have been revealed by NASA's Juno probe. Io, Jupiter's third-largest moon, is covered in lakes made of lava, according to a new paper in the ...

The hellish surface of a moon of Jupiter known as Io is riddled with hundreds of lava-spewing volcanoes that make the world one of chaos and violence. The brutal conditions also make Io intriguing to ...

Io orbits so close to Jupiter that gravity alone reshapes its entire surface. Instead of cooling over time, the moon is ...

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NASA has revealed animations of the surface of Jupiter's moon Io, made using brand-new data gathered from the far-off moon. Io, which is Jupiter's third-largest moon, features large mountains and a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Io, the innermost giant moon of Jupiter, may not have a ...

What type of lander could touch down on Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io? This is what a recent paper presented at the AIAA 2025 Regional Student Conference hopes to address as a team of student engineers ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft has discovered a giant volcanic hot spot on the surface of Jupiter's hellish moon Io. The eruptions in this area are chucking out six times the energy being produced by all ...

A study utilizing ALMA observations of Io's atmosphere reveals a significant depletion of lighter sulfur isotopes, suggesting extensive and prolonged volcanic activity throughout its 4.57 billion-year ...