Distance from Jupiter: Io is the fifth moon from Jupiter. Its average orbital distance is about 262,000 miles (422,000 km). Io takes 1.77 Earth -days to orbit Jupiter.

The Io–Jupiter system is similar, in scale, to an exoplanet orbiting an M-dwarf, and if volcanic Io doesn't have a magma ocean then perhaps exoplanets on close orbits around M-dwarfs don't either.

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 ...

What can a sample return mission from Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io, teach scientists about planetary and satellite (moon) formation and evolution? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th ...

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 ...

Io, the innermost of Jupiter's four largest moons, is slightly bigger than Earth's moon.Io is the most volcanically active body in the solar system, bursting with plumes that rise up to more than ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Jupiter has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to moons. Among its 80 known moons is Io, which NASA describes as the most volcanically active world in the solar system. Io is about to take ...