An illustration of NASA's Juno craft soaring above Jupiter's atmosphere. Jupiter's satellite Io is one of its largest moons. NASA's Juno spacecraft has made several close swoops by Jupiter's volcanic ...
The volcanic hot spot is larger than Lake Superior, spewing eruptions six times the total energy of all of the world's power plants.
A new view of Io captured by NASA's Juno probe. Credit: NASA / JPL / SwRI / MSSS / Gerald Eichstädt / Thomas Thomopoulos CC BY 3.0 Unported NASA's Juno probe, exploring worlds hundreds of millions of ...
NASA's pioneering Juno spacecraft recently captured this image of the volcanic moon Io from some 51,570 kilometers, or 32,044 miles, away. Credit: NASA/ JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Kevin M. Gill (CC ...
Recent observations suggest that Jupiter’s volcanic moon, Io, could be significantly hotter than scientists previously estimated. This revelation, reported on November 7, 2025, suggests that tidal ...
Io is the most volcanically active world in the solar system, with hundreds of volcanoes that erupt with massive fountains of lava. Reading time 2 minutes The volcano-laced surface of Jupiter’s moon ...
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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. NASA’s spacecraft Juno has sent batch another batch of ...