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 ...

A new volcano has been spotted on Jupiter’s moon Io, the most geologically active place in the Solar System. Analysis of the first close-up images of Io in over 25 years, captured by the JunoCam ...

On March 9, 1979, Linda Morabito discovered a volcanic plume on Io, a moon of Jupiter, in one of the photos from Voyager 1. She wrote, “I could feel tears begin to roll down my face at the sight ...

The eruption released energy six times greater than all Earth's power plants combined, exceeding 80,000 trillion watts.

“We can see that this body is completely covered with volcanoes over both poles and all across its middle, (which are) constantly going off.” The new data suggests that Io’s numerous ...

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 ...

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 ...

This theory dovetails neatly with several observations, including ones showing a roughly uniform distribution of Io’s volcanoes, which seem to be tapping the same omnipresent, hellish source of melt.

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.

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