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

scientists measured Io’s gravitational effect on Juno, using the spacecraft’s tiniest wobbles to determine the moon’s mass distribution and therefore its internal structure. The scientists reported in ...

Jupiter’s moon Io is the best example of a world ... a lot of uncertainties associated with trying to understand Io’s interior structure,” Tuttle Keane says. “We need future missions ...

Discovery of a New Volcanic Structure on Io The newly detected volcano on Io ... underscores the relentless volcanic activity that defines the moon's landscape. The new volcano, located just ...

Recently, the spacecraft has been making close flybys of the Jovian moon Io, which is the most volcanically ... Another striking concept video (below) shows a structure called Steeple Mountain ...

This movement raises tidal forces within Io that squeeze the moon’s geological guts ... crust or some other a heat-resistant tectonic structure— inhibits the flow of hot rock to the surface.

Meanwhile, Juno's data also revealed for the first time the subsurface temperature of Io – a key insight into the moon's inner structure and volcanic activity. What's more, a massive volcanic ...

This hellish landscape has made Io quite a particularly interesting ... This could better help us understand the structure of the moon’s outer layers, which could see big changes depending ...

No moon in our solar system is likely as chaotic ... on Io’s surface to learn more about its internal structure. If Io had a uniform liquid layer under its crust (like a global magma ocean ...

We knew data from Juno’s two very close flybys could give us some insights on how this tortured moon actually worked.” Io orbits around Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system ...

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 ...

Two recent flybys of Jupiter’s moon Io by NASA’s Juno spacecraft ... Though NASA documents did not state the height of the structure, Io’s Boosaule Montes is one of its most towering ...