Recently, NASA 's Juno mission made the closest swings by Io in two decades. The 2024 views show a dynamic volcano where, just decades ago, there was a featureless region.

NASA's Juno spacecraft has made several close swoops by Jupiter's volcanic moon Io, and it's beamed back stunning views of this distant volcanic land. The recent flybys in late 2023 and early 2024 ...

After making the closest Io flyby of any spacecraft in more than 20 years, NASA's Juno probe returned amazingly detailed imagery that will help scientists discover the source of the small moon's ...

The north polar region of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io was captured by NASA’s Juno during the spacecraft’s 57th close pass of the gas giant on Dec. 30, 2023.

Juno entered orbit around Jupiter last week after a five-year journey. It’s on a 20-month mission to map the giant planet’s poles, atmosphere and interior. Story continues below ...

FEBRUARY 3, 2025 23:25 Updated: FEBRUARY 6, 2025 16:21 NASA's Juno spacecraft detects most intense volcanic eruption ever on Io. Illustration. (photo credit: Andamati. Via Shutterstock) ...

As of April 9, 2024, Juno completed its 60th close pass around Jupiter ('perijove'). Included in this was an additional encounter with Io, but at a distance of 16,500 kilometres. Thus, it appears ...

The images of the new volcano were taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft and its JunoCam as it made a flyby of Io — the solar system's most volcanic body — on Feb. 3 this year.

NASA's Juno spacecraft has been orbiting Jupiter for more than eight years, probing the solar system's largest planet with its suite of specialized instruments. The mission's extended mission has ...

The team behind these findings used data collected by Juno, which made flybys of Io in Dec. 2023 and Feb. 2024 and came to within about 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) of the Jovian moon's surface.

Space exploration doesn’t slow down. NASA’s Juno probe has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016, and it’s still sending back fresh data. The spacecraft is giving scientists new insights into ...