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 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Io is the most volcanic world in the solar system, with around 400 volcanoes. Its extreme ...

The solar system’s largest planet shines bright as the Moon wanes and Saturn’s moons dance in the sky this week.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Jupiter, as seen by NASA’s Juno spacecraft on Dec. 28, 2024, ...

Scott Bolton’s first encounter with Io took place in the summer of 1980, right after he graduated from college and started a job at NASA. The Voyager 1 spacecraft had flown past this moon of Jupiter, ...

Jupiter’s moon Io, the most volcanically active body in the solar system, is littered with hundreds of erupting volcanoes. High-resolution images now reveal several dozen lava lakes, researchers ...

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The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Scott Bolton’s first encounter with Io took place in the summer of 1980, right after he graduated from college and started a job at NASA ...

A NASA spacecraft orbiting Jupiter has just witnessed some of the most extreme volcanic eruptions ever seen in the solar system, coming from a giant underground magma chamber on the "tormented" Jovian ...

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 ...