NASA's Juno spacecraft has made a second flyby of Jupiter's moon Io, capturing the solar system's most volcanic body in stunning detail. The spacecraft also allowed operators to glimpse a side of Io ...

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 Tuesday ...

Three massive volcanic eruptions occurred on Jupiter’s moon Io, a satellite the size of Earth’s moon, within a two-week period last August. Astronomers think that these presumed rare outbursts, which ...

NASA's Juno mission has made its 51st close flyby of Jupiter, catching stunning images of its moon Io, in the process. Juno flew past Io on Tuesday, May 16, on a flyby that brought it closer to the ...

Jupiter’s volcanic moon has always felt like a place that tests your sense of what a world can be. Its surface glows with hundreds of active hot spots. Its mountains rise higher than Everest. Its lava ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. New images of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io show "hotspots" happening in different areas of a ...

Jupiter’s moon Io is the most volcanically active body in our solar system, so it’s not a shock that astronomers captured several eruptions while their telescopes were trained on the satellite.