The solar system's most volcanic body, the Jupiter moon Io, has been in turmoil for at least 4.57 billion years, right back to its birth and the infancy of the sun.

A recent study of Io’s sulfurous atmosphere suggests that Jupiter’s moon has been a volcanic hellscape for almost the Solar System’s entire 4.57 billion-year history.

In the vastness of our Solar System, each celestial body has a story to tell,but few are as dramatic and captivating as Io, Jupiter’s volcanic moon. Unlike the frozen deserts of Mars or the thick ...

The most volcanic body in the solar system, Io is an infernal hellworld that constantly spits sulfurous magma into space. And a new study suggests that it’s been that way for a long, long time.

Io orbits around Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, which Bolton calls a “monster.” The moon’s orbit is imperfect, meaning that sometimes it comes closer to Jupiter during its ...

A groundbreaking study has unveiled new insights into the volcanic activity of Jupiter's moon Io, confirming it as the most volcanically active body in the solar system. Researchers from Nasa's ...

The most volcanically active world in the entire solar system has recently been imaged by NASA's Juno spacecraft during a close fly-by. That world is none other than Jupiter's moon, Io, and during ...

Io, Jupiter's third-largest moon, photographed by NASA's Juno spacecraft. NASA / SwRI / MSSS NASA released explosive new views of the solar system’s most volcanically active world this week ...

Last weekend, NASA’s Juno spacecraft flew over the southern hemisphere of Jupiter’s moon Io. The close flyby brought Juno within 930 miles of the sulfur-shrouded hellscape of volcanoes and ...