This makes the chamber the largest volcanic feature on Io, surpassing Loki Patera — a giant lake of lava covering an area of around 8,000 square miles (21,000 square km) in Io's northern hemisphere.

Io's surface is peppered with hundreds of volcanoes, some spewing sulfurous plumes hundreds of miles high. The volcanic moon is Jupiter's third-largest and the innermost Galilean satellite ...

The Jovian moon Io has more than 400 active volcanoes, but the latest discovery is the largest of them all. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share on ...

As observed through satellite monitoring, the volcanic complex has developed over the last 27 years. Io is one of Jupiter's largest moons and the most volcanically active place in the Solar System.

sending up an ‘endless series of lava plumes and ash venting into its atmosphere from the estimated 400 volcanoes that riddle its surface,’ Nasa said. Images of Io captured last year show big ...

The hellish surface of a moon of Jupiter known as Io is riddled with hundreds of lava-spewing volcanoes that make ... more about the innermost and third-largest of Jupiter’s four Galilean ...

Io orbits around Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system ... mystery started by Voyager 1’s observations. Instead, the volcanoes are powered by more local sources, and each one has ...

“I think that’s the big-picture message from this paper,” Sori ... in our solar system with hidden tidal engines. For now, this volcanic orb remains maddeningly inscrutable. “Io’s a complicated beast, ...

Io, Jupiter's third-largest moon, is covered in lakes made ... with hundreds of volcanos scattered across its surface. These volcanoes have been seen to expel huge clouds of sulfur and sulfur ...