The study authors figured that Jupiter’s gravity must therefore be constantly kneading Io, pulling its surface up and down by up to 100 meters, and, per their calculations, generating a lot of ...

And when Io is closer to Jupiter, it experiences a stronger gravitational pull from the gas giant than when it is farther away. The study authors figured that Jupiter’s gravity must therefore be ...

Striking image and video of 'Steeple Mountain' on Jupiter's moon Io are concept art — but authentic pics do exist According to NASA, the massive mountain on the Jovian moon stands between 3 and ...

For more than a quarter century, scientists have wanted to send a robot to explore Jupiter’s moon Europa. Now, it’s finally happening: A spacecraft bound for the icy world blasted off from ...

Stanley did just that when I naturally commented on the appearance of a dog in her painting “Jupiter and Io” (2008), walking me through her painterly decisions, thought processes, and other ...

Embedded within this space environment are peculiar moons, including Ganymede — the solar system’s largest moon and the only one that has a magnetic field — and the volcanic moon Io, which, with its ...

After six months of effort, an instrument that helps the Mars rover look for potential signs of ancient microbial life has ...

Io is approximately 4.2 billion miles from Earth, according to Conrad. Before the new camera technology, images taken by satellites and spacecrafts were needed to capture the level of detail.

Some, like Europa or Enceladus, have spectacular and perhaps even habitable liquid water oceans. And then there’s Jupiter’s moon, Io. Io is the most volcanic object known to science.

A ‘Dead Moon’ Comes Alive The third biggest moon in Jupiter’s “Jovian” system, Io is no stranger to the rumbles and roars of volcanoes. That’s because it’s richer in volcanic activity than any other ...

Charged, or ionized, particles from Jupiter bombard the icy surface, splitting water molecules in two to generate oxygen that might find its way into the moon’s ocean. This illustration shows charged ...

During close flybys of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured stunning “bonus science” about the nightmarish world ...