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The Juno probe, which has been orbiting Jupiter since July 2016, is set to conduct a flyby of Io, one of the 80 known moons in Jupiter’s system. Io’s magma-encrusted surface is pockmarked with ...
There are new, high-quality images of Jupiter's moon, Io, thanks to the nearest flyby of the celestial body by a spacecraft in decades. NASA released images Saturday taken by the Juno spacecraft ...
"For the very first time, we have a global view of Io's ongoing volcanic activity." The most volcanically active world in the solar system, Jupiter's moon Io, may possess a global ocean of magma ...
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. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...
Something incredible just happened in our own cosmic backyard. For the first time from Earth, scientists have watched as a ...
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 ...
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Here’s how it works. Io — Jupiter's fifth moon — is the most volcanically active body in the solar system. Io's surface is peppered with hundreds of volcanoes, some spewing sulfurous plumes ...
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 ...
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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 ...