China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission could bring Red Planet rocks back to Earth as early as 2031—years ahead of ...

Nasa Juno spacecraft, which is orbiting around Jupiter, recently flew past its moon Io and what it saw was something out of a sci-fi film. The spacecraft captured Io glowing from volcanic explosions ...

In March and April 2025, internet users shared a striking image that they claimed showed "Steeple Mountain," a massive point of interest on Jupiter's moon Io. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Science News: NASA's Juno mission revealed that Jupiter's moon, Io, the most volcanic body in our solar system, doesn't possess a global magma ocean. Instead, separ ...

Hollywood sci-fi flicks have long had an interest in Jupiter and especially the frosty moon of Europa as a place suitable for the formation of biological compounds, so it's naturally been a ...

Io, Jupiter's moon, continues to reveal itself. The latest images transmitted by the Juno spacecraft offer an unprecedented view of its tumultuous surface. The Juno mission made a surprising discovery ...

New images of Jupiter's volcano-studded moon Io, taken by the Large Binocular Telescope on Mount Graham in Arizona, offer the highest resolution of Io ever achieved with an Earth-based instrument ...

Obsidian Lake Io orbits Jupiter at a distance of just 217,000 miles above the planet's cloud tops — which is slightly farther than the distance between the Moon and the Earth. However, Jupiter's ...

The volcanic surface of Jupiter's huge moon Io got a stunning close-up thanks to NASA's Juno mission. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...