Feb 4, 2025 · 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...

Dec 16, 2024 · NASA scientists have revealed the secrets of the most volcanic body in our solar system, according to new research. The discovery solves a 44-year-old mystery of why, and how, Jupiter's...

Dec 17, 2024 · NASA scientists have finally solved a 44-year-old mystery about Jupiter's moon Io, the most volcanically active body in our solar system. The answer comes from NASA's Juno spacecraft, which...

5 days ago · Jupiter moon of Io is famed for its volcanoes. NASA just spotted the most powerful one yet Not only was the hot spot larger than Earth’s Lake Superior, but it also was seen belching out ...

Dec 12, 2024 · Scientists with NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter have discovered that the volcanoes on Jupiter’s moon Io are each likely powered by their own chamber of roiling hot magma rather than an ocean of magma. The finding solves a 44-year-old mystery about the subsurface origins of the moon’s most demonstrative geologic features.

Jan 28, 2025 · The source of Io’s torment: Jupiter. About the size of Earth’s Moon, Io is extremely close to the mammoth gas giant, and its elliptical orbit whips it around Jupiter once every 42.5 hours. As the distance varies, so does the planet’s gravitational pull, which leads to the moon being relentlessly squeezed.

Dec 14, 2024 · Flybys of Jupiter’s fiery moon Io, carried out by NASA’s Juno spacecraft, are helping to solve the enduring mystery of why the small moon is the most volcanically active body in our solar...

Jan 31, 2025 · How Jupiter torments Io. The reason Io is so volcanic is in large part due to its parent planet, Jupiter, the solar system's largest world. As Io orbits the gas giant planet once every 42.5 hours ...

Mar 18, 2021 · A proposed mission called Io Volcano Observer (IVO) would visit Jupiter’s moon Io, which is a true volcanic wonderland with hundreds of erupting volcanoes gushing tons of molten lava and sulfurous gases at any moment.

5 days ago · Io, innermost of the four large moons (Galilean satellites) discovered around Jupiter by the Italian astronomer Galileo in 1610. It is the most volcanically active body in the solar system. As many as 300 volcanoes may be active on the satellite at a given time.