The hellish surface of a moon of Jupiter known as Io is riddled with hundreds of lava-spewing volcanoes that make the world one of chaos and violence. The brutal conditions also make Io intriguing to ...
NASA has recorded the most powerful volcanic eruption outside of Earth on Io, one of Jupiter’s moons. On December 27, 2022, ...
A NASA spacecraft made its closest-ever approach to Jupiter's moon Io, coming within 930 miles of the "surface of the most volcanic world," and the space agency released new images of the flyby. The ...
NASA's Juno spacecraft recently whizzed past the moon Io. Every night's a marvelous time for a moon dance at Jupiter. Jupiter's moon Io displays a volcanic surface including large, dark patches of ...
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Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Jupiter ...
The last time a spacecraft got this close to Jupiter’s moon Io was more than 20 years ago, a blink of an eye on a typical geological timescale. Most planetary bodies in our Solar System wouldn’t ...