The acid yellow moon Io that orbits Jupiter may be less than 30% the size of Earth, but is considered the most volcanic body in our solar system. As demonstrated by explosive news from NASA on Tuesday ...

Jupiter is an extraordinary planet with qualities that almost defy comprehension. At more than 300 times the mass of Earth, Jupiter is easily the largest planet in the solar system—a giant ball of ...

The hellish surface of a moon of Jupiter known as Io is riddled with hundreds of lava-spewing volcanoes that make the world ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft has made a second flyby of Jupiter's moon Io, capturing the solar system's most volcanic body in stunning detail. The spacecraft also allowed operators to glimpse a side of Io ...

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A global "ocean" of molten rock sloshes beneath the surface of Jupiter's moon Io, feeding the fiery satellite's prolific volcanism, a new study finds. Unlike Earth's magma, which tends to cluster in ...

Recent strange activity around Jupiter’s volcanic moon, Io, confused and excited scientists. By Oliver Whang Io, the third largest of Jupiter’s moons, is caught in a pressurized, explosive dance.

A NASA spacecraft made its closest-ever approach to Jupiter's moon Io, coming within 930 miles of the "surface of the most volcanic world," and the space agency released new images of the flyby. The ...

Jupiter’s moon Io has possibly been erupting for a very, very, very long time. Io is the most volcanically active body in our solar system, with some of its volcanoes shooting magma higher than planes ...

Jupiter’s third-largest moon Io is covered by more than 400 active volcanoes, and it’s the most volcanically active world in our solar system. New radio images collected by an array of telescopes on ...