NASA scientists have revealed the secrets of the most volcanic body in our solar system, according to new research. The ...

As the innermost of Jupiter’s Galilean moons, Io offers a glimpse into some of the most extreme geologic phenomena in the ...

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 ...

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The Moon is far older than we once believed — but its fiery past has kept its true age hidden. New research reveals that, a ...

Io is the most volcanically active body in the solar system. The volcanic activity is thought to be powered by tidal deformations caused by variations in Jupiter's gravitational pull, because of ...

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NASA's recent flybys of Io, however, reveal that it likely doesn't contain a global magma ocean beneath its surface, as determined by new observations of the moon's gravity. Instead, each of Io's 400 ...

In this scheme, the four fainter lights that dance around Jupiter are named after some of the god’s many lovers. Closest to the giant planet is Io. In myth, she was a priestess, and after ...

NASA's Juno mission revealed that Jupiter's moon, Io, the most volcanic body in our solar system, doesn't possess a global magma ocean. Instead, separate magma chambers fuel its over 400 active ...

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