Titan too has a tilt, but it's very small compared to its orbit around Saturn, just 0.3 degrees. Saturn, on the other hand, ...

New data from the orbiter has unveiled some of the treacherous conditions of not only Jupiter, but its moon Io, the most volcanic body in the solar system. The findings, which come after Juno has ...

Scott Bolton’s first encounter with Io took place in the summer of 1980, right after he graduated from college and started a job at NASA. The Voyager 1 spacecraft had flown past this moon of Jupiter, ...

In March and April 2025, internet users shared a striking image that they claimed showed "Steeple Mountain," a massive point of interest on Jupiter's moon Io. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...

Jupiter’s moon Io, the most volcanically active body in the solar system, is littered with hundreds of erupting volcanoes. High-resolution images now reveal several dozen lava lakes, researchers ...

The acid yellow moon Io that orbits Jupiter may be less than 30% the size of Earth, but is considered the most volcanic body in our solar system. As demonstrated by explosive news from NASA on ...

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 ...

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.

Of course, the motion of the moon depends on the sum of these forces. Look at this diagram of the moon on opposite sides of the Earth: On the far side of Earth, the gravitational force from both ...

New findings from NASA's Juno probe provide a fuller picture of how widespread the lava lakes are on Jupiter's moon Io and include first-time insights into the volcanic processes at work there.

Cross section diagram of the interior of Jupiter’s volcanic moon, Io. Credit: UBerkeley These observations help scientists understand the complex interplay of forces within Io, the movement of magma ...