On March 8, 1979, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft discovered active volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io. Before Voyager 1 flew by Io, ... Every Upcoming Sci-Fi Movie Sequel Releasing In 2025.

Jupiter’s moon Io may have been volcanically active throughout its life. In this image of Io, taken by NASA’s Juno spacecraft in 2023, a bright volcanic plume can be seen on the left, just ...

The volcanic moon, which orbits the gas giant Jupiter, has long been written off as a possible home for alien life, as its extreme temperature and lava-covered surface make it wholly inhabitable.

Jupiter's moon Io is a volcanic hellscape—and has been since the solar system began. Io is the most volcanic body known to science, and researchers have puzzled over its history for years.

NASA's robotic Juno spacecraft is delivering the fresh data on Io with a series of flybys, each getting closer to Jupiter's volcanic moon until a pair of close-up encounters at a range of less ...

Over the course of the next year and a half, the Juno spacecraft will carry out a total of nine flybys of Io. Two of the close encounters will take the probe to within 930 miles of the moon's surface.

Jupiter’s moon Io is the best example of a world of fire, freckled with volcanoes and cracked by lava spills. There are many competing theories to explain the workings of this fire-orb.

An artist’s concept of a lava lake on Jupiter’s moon Io called Loki Patera. The image was made using data from the JunoCam imager aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft.

Io is about to take center stage as NASA's Jupiter-studying Juno spacecraft turns its cameras and instruments on the fiery moon. In anticipation of capturing new Io views, NASA released a ...

Also published is a compilation of Juno's images of Io taken on Oct. 16, as well as another photo showing both Io and Jupiter in the same field of view.. Io is the fifth most distant moon from ...

Juno, a NASA mission designed to study Jupiter’s origins, sent back new views of the most eruptive world in the solar system. By Katrina Miller A NASA spacecraft swooped past Io, one of Jupiter ...