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 ...

The most volcanic body in the solar system, Io produces outbursts every year with one the largest occurring in Fall 2022. A massive volcanic eruption has been spotted emerging from Jupiter's moon ...

The mutilated surface of Jupiter’s moon Io was revealed in great detail by the Juno spacecraft, which has been exploring the Jovian system since 2016 and recently pulled off the closest flyby of ...

The Io plasma torus, a donut-shaped structure made of ionized sulfur that envelops Jupiter, also became brighter in the fall of 2022, although it was not as noticeable as the Io plasma torus's ...

Jupiter’s moon Io — the most geologically-active body in the solar system — had a record breaking volcanic outburst last year, a scientist has found. Physicist Dr Jeff Morgenthaler of the ...

Using data collected by NASA's Juno spacecraft as it flew past Jupiter's highly volcanic moon Io in late 2023 and again in early 2024, a Southwest Research Institute-led team identified electrons ...

A large volcanic outburst was discovered on Io, a large moon of Jupiter. Io is the most volcanic body in the Solar System; this vulcanism is caused by tidal stresses induced by Jupiter and two of its ...

PSI Senior Scientist Morgenthaler has been using IoIO, located near Benson, Arizona to monitor volcanic activity on Io, since 2017. The observations show some sort of outburst nearly every year ...

SwRI will lead Hubble, Webb observations of Io, Jupiter’s volcanic moon Remote-sensing data will complement Juno spacecraft’s in situ observations ...

NASA's Juno mission passed within 930 miles of Jupiter's volcanic third largest moon lo Saturday, capturing stunning images of the most volcanic world in our solar system.