NASA scientists have revealed the secrets of the most volcanic body in our solar system, according to new research. The ...

We knew data from Juno’s two very close flybys could give us some insights on how this tortured moon actually worked.” Io orbits around Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system ...

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 ...

Early interactions with the Earth may have heated up the Moon and caused it to remelt, producing new lunar rocks and erasing ...

The Moon is far older than we once believed — but its fiery past has kept its true age hidden. New research reveals that, a ...

In 1979, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) scientist Linda Morabito discovered volcanic activity on Jupiter’s innermost moon, Io. But Io isn’t just volcanically active—it is the most ...

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Only Jupiter's moon Io, by far the most volcanically active body in the solar system, offers comparable conditions. These new considerations published today in the journal Nature by an ...

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This process is called "tidal heating." It is how Jupiter currently heats up its moon Io, the most volcanically active spot in the solar system. Sponsor Message "We think that the Moon went ...