The hellish surface of a moon of Jupiter known as Io is riddled with hundreds of lava-spewing volcanoes that make the world one of chaos and violence. The brutal conditions also make Io intriguing to ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Io is the most volcanic world in the solar system, with around 400 volcanoes. Its extreme ...

NASA has unveiled a breathtaking image of Io, one of Jupiter’s most volatile moons, captured by the Juno spacecraft during a close flyby on December 30, 2023. The detailed imagery provides an ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Jupiter’s moon Io is the most volcanically active world in the Solar ...

JunoCam, the visible light imager aboard NASA’s Juno, captured this enhanced-color view of Jupiter’s northern high latitudes from an altitude of about 36,000 miles (58,000 kilometers) above the giant ...

Jupiter’s moon Io is a hotbed of geological activity, with over 400 active volcanoes. Because of this high level of activity, scientists have been debating for years about what’s going on under the ...

Data from the James Webb Space Telescope and other observatories suggests a supervolcanic exomoon may lurk around the giant ...

The moon, just hours past its last quarter phase, will rise above the east-northeastern horizon shortly before midnight local ...

Remember that old sci-fi story, "A Pail of Air" by Fritz Leiber, where the Earth got stolen away from Sol by a dead star whizzing through, and the Earth's whole atmosphere snowed out of the sky?

The predawn hours of Aug. 8 present a perfect opportunity to see Jupiter's four largest moons line up next to the "King of the Planets" as it voyages through the stars of the constellation Gemini.