Unlike Earth, whose spinning iron core generates a planet-wide magnetic field, Io has no magnetic field of its own. Instead, it is shrouded beneath Jupiter's massive magnetosphere. "Io would not ...

"This is a terrestrial planet that I would describe as Io on steroids," Kane said. "It's been forced into a situation where it's constantly exploding with volcanoes. At optical wavelengths you ...

Jupiter’s fiery moon Io is the star of the latest batch of images to be returned from the Jovian system by NASA’s Juno spacecraft. In orbit of the giant planet since 2016, the bus-sized probe ...

Io’s volcanism comes from the somewhat torturous relationship it has with Jupiter, largest planet in our solar system. The gas giant's tremendous gravitational influence pulls on Io, and as it ...