Jupiter, the giant of our Solar System, remains one of the most fascinating and mysterious planets to explore. With its ...

Io’s volcanoes are thought to be fueled by tidal heating, a stretching-and-squeezing process whereby gravitational forces treat the inside of Io like a stress ball as the moon swings around Jupiter.

Jupiter’s moon Io is the best example of a world of fire, freckled with volcanoes and cracked by lava spills. There are many competing theories to explain the workings of this fire-orb.

Io, one of the most fascinating moons in our solar system, continues to mystify scientists with its intense volcanic activity and bizarre behavior. This moon, known for its towering volcanoes, ...

Recent flybys of the fiery world refute a leading theory of its inner structure—and reveal how little is understood about geologically active moons.

Jupiter sets record after 12 new moons discovered 00:14. A NASA spacecraft made its closest-ever approach to Jupiter's moon Io, coming within 930 miles of the "surface of the most volcanic world ...

Observations made of Jupiter’s moon Io during the Juno mission’s flybys helped astronomers confirm how and why Io became the most volcanic world in the solar system. CNN values your feedback 1.

Jupiter’s third-largest moon Io is the most volcanically active world in our solar system. New radio images by the ALMA telescope array show the direct effect of this volcanic activity on the ...

But Io is different, with volcanic eruptions regularly remaking parts of the moon's crust. That means there's a good chance something on Io has changed since NASA's Galileo orbiter last ...

Jupiter’s moon Io may have been volcanically active throughout its life. In this image of Io, taken by NASA’s Juno spacecraft in 2023, a bright volcanic plume can be seen on the left, just ...

Io, the third largest of Jupiter’s moons, is caught in a pressurized, explosive dance. Orbiting near Ganymede and Europa, two of the other largest Jovian moons, and the planet itself, Io’s ...