A planet touted as the most Earthlike outside our solar system might be molten on one side with raging volcanoes on the other, say scientists who think the rocky world CoRoT-7b is closer kin to ...

NASA image of Io, Jupiter's third-largest moon. Io is the most volcanically active body in our solar system, as a result of gravitational squeezing from the planet. NASA/JPL/University of Arizona ...

A roiling-hot exoplanet billions of miles away has been discovered, dotted with so many volcanos that it would visibly glow in the darkness of space. This planet, named TOI-6713.01, orbits a star ...

Io is Juno’s home base for the next year and a half. Just a few days ago, on December 15, Juno initiated the first of nine flybys, some of which will bring the orbiter closer than a thousand ...

The closest planet to our sun is Mercury, which has an elliptical, or non-circular, orbit that ranges between 46 million and 69.82 million kilometers (28.5 million to 43.3 million miles) from the sun.

New Delhi, Researchers have discovered a new "fiery, glowing red" exoplanet displaying intense volcanic activity similar to Jupiter's moon Io. HT Image Further, the many active volcanoes on the ...

Even closer images of Io are expected from Juno in coming months as its current orbit takes it successively nearer to the moon with each pass. In February 2024, it is expected to swoop to within ...