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 ...
Io is the most volcanic world in the solar system, with around 400 volcanoes. Its extreme activity is driven by "tidal flexing" from Jupiter's crushing gravity. | Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI ...
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 ...