NASA's Juno spacecraft made a close flyby of Jupiter moon lo. See an animation of the images the probe captured created by Koji Kuramura and Gerald Eichstädt. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS | ...

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 massive gravitational influence ... a 45-year mystery started by Voyager 1’s observations. Instead, the volcanoes are powered by more local sources, and each one has its own pocket ...

Io may be too volcanic for humans to live, but some of Jupiter’s other moons — Europa and Ganymede — could be places to look for signs of life. “It’s a way of generating heat when you ...

If there's no magma ocean, where does the 'melt' come from that emerges from the volcanoes as lava? Jupiter's volcanic moon Io doesn't appear to have a subsurface ocean of magma, resolving some ...

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 system.

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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Jupiter's volcanic moon Io doesn't appear to have a subsurface ocean of magma, resolving some ...