Understanding how Loki works isn't just about understanding one massive planet's one weirdo moon. Earth and Io are the only worlds in our solar system where it's easy to study volcanoes ...

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

Given the level of volcanism on Io, this may be more widespread than the Loki Patera. Volcanic ash would also create a relatively smooth surface, and is likely to be even more common, but it would ...

"It's the most powerful volcano in the whole solar system." Loki Patera consistently releases heat, and is "historically the most active and persistent hot spot on Io," NASA explains. At the upper ...

Meanwhile, Loki Patera is another spot with hot ... Scientists have observed Io’s powerful volcanoes spewing lava fountains that are dozens of miles high and can even be seen with large ...

It's a volcano on Jupiter's moon Io, called Loki Patera. "It's absolutely stunning, stunning imagery," Ashley Davies, a planetary scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory who researches Io ...

This is the most powerful volcanic event ever recorded on the ... The previous record holder was Io's Loki Patera, a lava ...

The volcanic feature, which has yet to be named, spans a colossal 40,000 square miles – dwarfing Io's previous record holder, a lava lake named Loki Patera that measured about 7,700 square miles ...

The biggest ever volcanic eruption ... surface of Jupiter’s moon Io, which at around 100,000 square kilometres is even bigger than the previous record holder, Loki Patera, which is also on ...

tourists - is Loki Patera. "Io is simply littered with volcanoes, and we caught a few of them in action," Juno’s principal investigator Scott Bolton told a news conference in mid-April ...