Jupiter’s volcanic moon, Io, is exhibiting geothermal activity far beyond what scientists had anticipated, with heat levels that defy previous models. This extreme thermal activity is driven by the ...
The moon spent a few million years as a volcanic wasteland, covered with ongoing eruptions that spewed from mountains and even from the ground itself. New research suggests that the moon's orbit could ...
Jupiter's moon Io may host alien life in protected lava tubes. Now, Avi Loeb claims the anomalous interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, potentially a mothership, is maneuvering directly toward the Jovian ...
Io, one of the four Galilean moons of Jupiter, as seen by the Galileo probe, circa 1997. (Photo by Space Frontiers/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) New data from NASA’s $1.2 billion Juno spacecraft — now ...
The waning moon shines close to the king of the planets on Dec. 7. Don't miss Jupiter shining close to the waning gibbous ...
Eight distant worlds hold secrets that still puzzle scientists and spark endless curiosity. Each moon offers a strange allure, inviting questions about what lies beneath, beyond, and waiting to be ...
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 ...