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A NASA spacecraft orbiting Jupiter has just witnessed some of the most extreme volcanic eruptions ever seen in the solar system, coming from a giant underground magma chamber on the "tormented" Jovian ...

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

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 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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A new study points to why, and how, Io became the most volcanic body in the solar system. Scientists with NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter have discovered that the volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io are ...

During its close flyby of Jupiter's moon Io on December 30, 2023, NASA's Juno spacecraft captured some of the most detailed imagery ever of Io's volcanic surface. In this image, taken by the JunoCam ...

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Jupiter doesn't know it, but the stealthy moon is on track to make a close approach to the planet this Thursday night. Tonight you'll find the waning gibbous moon in edging into the constellation ...