NASA’s Juno spacecraft identifies over 40 enormous lava lakes on Io, shedding light on the extreme volcanism sculpting Jupiter’s moon.

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has delivered a stunning revelation about Io, the most volcanically active body in the solar system. Once believed to harbor a global magma ocean beneath its surface ...

In December 2023 and February 2024, Juno passed within 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) of Io’s surface, collecting high-precision data. By measuring subtle changes in the spacecraft’s velocity ...

Loki Patera is 202 kilometres (126 mi) in diameter, covers 20,000 sq km (7,700 sq mi), and was the largest volcanic feature ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Last week, NASA’s Juno completed its second-closest fly-by of the volcanic Jovian ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft detected the most intense volcanic eruption ever recorded on Jupiter's moon Io. During a flyby on December 27, 2024, Juno was approximately 74,400 kilometers from Io's ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA’s Juno spacecraft has completed yet another flyby of Io, Jupiter’s highly ...

A blistering volcanic event was detected on Io, dwarfing anything seen before in the solar system. NASA’s Juno spacecraft, equipped with JIRAM, captured an unprecedented surge of infrared energy ...