The volcanic hot spot is larger than Lake Superior, spewing eruptions six times the total energy of all of the world's power plants. Reading time 3 minutes Jupiter’s moon Io is covered in hundreds of ...

How big can volcanic eruptions get on Jupiter’s moon, Io? This is what a recent study published in the Journal of Geophysical ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Jupiter’s moon Io is the most volcanically active world in the solar system. This high-resolution ...

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 ...

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 ...

While Io, the most volcanically active moon in the solar system, appears completely dry and devoid of water ice, its neighbor ...

While Io, the most volcanically active moon in the solar system, appears completely dry and devoid of water ice, its neighbor Europa is thought to harbor a vast global ocean of liquid water beneath ...

Using data from NASA's Juno spacecraft, scientists have discovered that the solar system's most volcanic body is even hotter than we thought. In fact, Jupiter's moon Io could be emitting hundreds of ...