What’s more, data from Juno’s Io flybys has revealed the subsurface temperature profile of Io, the innermost of the four ...

Recent flybys of the fiery world refute a leading theory of its inner structure — and reveal how little is understood about ...

Data from Jovian orbiter reveals volcanic action on Jupiter's moon Io as seen in infrared and also sheds light on the fierce ...

The moon is intimately familiar to most people simply because it's a constant in the night sky, but its interior is more of a mystery to us.

In March and April 2025, internet users shared a striking image that they claimed showed "Steeple Mountain," a massive point of interest on Jupiter's moon Io. For example, one X u ...

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, ...

In Io's case, Jupiter's intense gravity tugs on the much smaller moon as the latter orbits in an elliptical (oval-shaped) pattern, meaning Io is closer to Jupiter at some points during its orbit ...

Or perhaps more likely, look at under a microscope. The latest candidate for hosting nearby life is Jupiter’s moon, Io. Let’s take a look at what makes Io special, and what we might hope to ...

Two very close recent flybys of Io by the Juno spacecraft have revealed more detail about the most volcanic world in the solar system - Jupiter's mysterious moon, Io. Nasa has released a new ...