Astronomers at The Johns Hopkins University, the Observatoire de Paris, and other institutions have solved a nearly 30-year-old mystery surrounding Jupiter’s moon Io, showing that volcanoes there ...

A NASA spacecraft is set to swing past one of Jupiter’s moons Thursday, giving astronomers a close-up view of one of the most volcanic spots in the solar system. The Juno probe, which has been ...

Jupiter’s volcanic moon, Io, is exhibiting geothermal activity far beyond what scientists had anticipated, with heat levels ...

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 ...

Jupiter's moon Io stands alone among the solar system's moons. It has more than 400 active volcanoes, and its surface is home ...

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 ...

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 ...

NASA is unraveling Io's volcanic secrets. The space agency's Juno spacecraft has been swooping progressively closer to Jupiter's profoundly volcanic moon Io, and its observations reveal the full scope ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft recently whizzed past the moon Io. Every night's a marvelous time for a moon dance at Jupiter. Jupiter's moon Io displays a volcanic surface including large, dark patches of ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...