Take a captivating journey with an animated tour of Jupiter’s volcanic moon, Io, crafted from NASA’s Juno mission data. This stunning visualization reveals Io’s dramatic volcanic plumes, glowing ...

Io's volcanic activity explained without magma ocean evidence Tidal heating powers volcanic eruptions on Jupiter's moon ...

NASA's recent flybys of Io, however, reveal that it likely doesn't contain a global magma ocean beneath its surface, as ...

Scientists with NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter have discovered that the volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io are each likely powered by their own chamber of roiling hot magma rather than an ocean of magma.

Researchers from the Juno mission have finally solved a mystery that has puzzled scientists for over four decades.

Observations made of Jupiter’s moon Io during the Juno mission’s flybys helped astronomers confirm how and why Io became the most volcanic world in the solar system.

The north polar region of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io was captured by NASA’s Juno during the spacecraft’s 57th close pass of the gas giant on Dec. 30, 2023. Data from recent flybys is helping ...

Io does not have a shallow global magma ocean beneath its surface, counter to previous claims, suggests a paper published in ...