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’s moon Io, the most volcanically active body in the solar system, is littered with hundreds of erupting volcanoes. High-resolution images now reveal several dozen lava lakes, researchers ...

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 ...

On March 8, 1979, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft discovered active volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io. Before Voyager 1 flew by Io, scientists believed the moon to be a dead world much like Earth's moon.

One of those objects is M63, also known as the Sunflower Galaxy. It lies relatively close to the constellation’s alpha star, magnitude 2.9 Cor Caroli. From this sun, move your telescope 5.3° to ...

Skywatchers across America will have the opportunity to see a total lunar eclipse next week if the weather cooperates. The timing of the event next week is such that the total eclipse will be ...

This week's full moon will come with a special treat – a total lunar eclipse, which will turn the moon a spooky blood red color. While the eclipse will last from 1:47 a.m. EDT to 4:10 a.m. EDT ...

Update: this event has happened! In my latest post you can See The Best Photos Of Today’s Magnificent ‘Blood Moon’ Total Eclipse. The final full moon of winter — the worm moon — will ...

Reporting on missions to the moon and beyond. NASA is aiming to send astronauts back to the moon, because that is what President Trump set as the destination of the agency’s human spaceflight ...

The moon is turning red in the night sky this morning in an event known as a blood moon. The phenomenon only happens a handful of times a year, and this is your next chance to spot one in the UK.

Future astronauts traveling to the moon may have easier access to life-sustaining water and extractable ice than previously thought, according to new research.