The hellish surface of a moon of Jupiter known as Io is riddled with hundreds of lava-spewing volcanoes that make the world one of chaos and violence. The brutal conditions also make Io intriguing to ...

Jupiter's moon Io may host alien life in protected lava tubes. Now, Avi Loeb claims the anomalous interstellar object ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Io is the most volcanic world in the solar system, with around 400 volcanoes. Its extreme ...

Jupiter's volcanic moon Io doesn't appear to have a subsurface ocean of magma, resolving some issues about how Io's volcanoes erupt and raising broader questions about similar magma oceans within ...

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 ...

(CNN) — Flybys of Jupiter’s fiery moon Io, carried out by NASA’s Juno spacecraft, are helping to solve the enduring mystery of why the small moon is the most volcanically active body in our solar ...

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This first-ever complete map of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io released on March 19, 2012, was created using data and images from NASA's Galileo spacecraft, (which studied Jupiter and its moons between ...

Eight distant worlds hold secrets that still puzzle scientists and spark endless curiosity. Each moon offers a strange allure ...

The predawn hours of Aug. 8 present a perfect opportunity to see Jupiter's four largest moons line up next to the "King of the Planets" as it voyages through the stars of the constellation Gemini.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: (left) NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Image processing by ...