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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 ...

Within our solar system, gas emissions from Jupiter's volcanic moon Io create a similar phenomenon. Although no exomoons (moons of planets outside our solar system) have been confirmed ...

The Juno mission made a surprising discovery: a new volcanic complex on Io, one of the most active bodies in the Solar System ...

Jupiter’s moon, Io, is the most volcanically active planetary body in the entire solar system as it boasts hundreds of active volcanoes. This number continues to grow as recent study at the Europlanet ...

There are hundreds of active volcanoes on Io. The new one is located just south of Io’s equator and the Juno images show fresh lava flows and volcanic deposits covering an area of 32,400 square ...

"Studying the inhospitable landscape of Io's volcanoes actually inspires science to look for life," said lead author Madeline Pettine, a doctoral student in astronomy (Graduate School). By ...

This composite view depicting volcanic activity on Io was generated using both visible light and infrared data collected by NASA’s Juno spacecraft during a flyby of the Jovian moon on March 1, 2023.

Io Volcano Observer (IVO) is a proposed low-cost mission to explore Jupiter's moon Io to understand tidal heating as a fundamental planetary process. The main science goals are to understand (A) how ...

Within our solar system, gas emissions from Jupiter's volcanic moon Io create a similar phenomenon. Although no exomoons (moons of planets outside our solar system) have been confirmed, multiple ...