perhaps even in the lava tubes that help deliver molten rock to the planet’s surface. It’s an intriguing notion, that alien life might exist on Io, and it is one that doesn’t come lightly.

On Dec. 28, 2024, during its 68th close flyby of Jupiter, the school bus-sized probe captured stunning images of Jupiter’s dynamic atmosphere and the fiery surface of its moon, Io. The data ...

Given the temperature profile on Io, liquid H 2 S could form in areas beneath the surface, particularly if subsurface channels were warmed by lava flows. Life could potentially exist in a spore ...

A new animation reveals an enormous lava lake on the surface of Jupiter's moon Io. The close-up view comes from NASA's Juno spacecraft, which swept within 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) of the ...