Close flybys of Io, one of Jupiter's moons and the most volcanically active world in our solar system, have revealed a lava lake and a towering feature called "Steeple Mountain" on the moon's ...
New research is revealing the secrets of Io, the mysterious volcanic moon of Jupiter. Four centuries after Galileo discovered Io in 1610, NASA sent a spacecraft called Juno on a five-year mission ...
NASA's Juno spacecraft shares a breathtaking video of Io's mirror-like volcanic lake, Loki Patera, revealing its vast expanse and intricate details. These observations, made during close flybys in ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Astronomers have discovered methane emission on a brown dwarf, an unexpected finding for such a cold and isolated world. The findings suggest that this brown dwarf might generate ...
Revealing Io's mysteries Io, first discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610, is just slightly larger than our moon, but it's unlike anywhere else in the solar system. The rocky moon's surface is ...