Jupiter's volcanic moon Io as captured by the Juno spacecraft on Oct. 15, 2023. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Image processing by Ted Stryk On Dec. 27, 2024, NASA's Juno spacecraft ...

Io, one of Jupiter’s Jovian moons, is the most volcanic place in our entire Solar System. Over the last few years NASA’s Juno ...

But the moon’s wild volcanic activity wasn’t detected until Voyager 1 flew by Jupiter and its moons in 1979, revealing Io’s dynamic surface that resembled a pepperoni pizza, Bolton said.

Moon-quakes first measured by the Apollo astronauts have been attributed to these tides. The tides that Jupiter raises on Io, however are powerful enough to induce sufficient friction in that moon ...

Juno reveals 'smooth as glass' lava lake on Jupiter's moon, Io Scott SutherlandMeteorologist, Science Writer Published on Apr. 25, 2024, 8:05 AM ...

If Io did have a sub-surface ocean of magma, the moon would deform under Jupiter's gravity by a significant amount. However, the Doppler measurements suggest that Io is pretty rigid, which means ...

Jupiter moon of Io is famed for its volcanoes. NASA just spotted the most powerful one yet Not only was the hot spot larger than Earth’s Lake Superior, but it also was seen belching out ...

Whereas Io is the poster child for this mechanism, tidal heating also heats many other worlds, including Io’s neighbor, the icy moon Europa, where the heat is thought to sustain a subterranean ...

No moon in our solar system is likely as chaotic as Io, Jupiter’s third largest. The rocky body looks like a pepperoni pizza because of the constant, numerous eruptions on its surface.