NASA's Juno spacecraft has spotted the most powerful volcanic eruption ever seen on the solar system's most volcanic body, the Jovian moon Io.
NASA’s Juno mission found Io’s biggest volcanic eruption ever. The explosion was stronger than all Earth’s power plants ...
On Dec. 28, 2024, during its 68th close flyby of Jupiter, the school bus-sized probe captured stunning images of Jupiter’s dynamic atmosphere and the fiery surface of its moon, Io. The data ...
though it has captured images of Io in the past. This particular flyby brought the iconic spacecraft within 920 miles of Io’s surface. The dense moon is the fourth largest satellite within the ...
citizen scientist Thomas Thomopoulos. Although these latest images of Io are scientifically valuable, it's recently proven possible to image the tiny moon from Earth. Using the Large Binocular ...
Loki Patera is 202 kilometres (126 mi) in diameter, covers 20,000 sq km (7,700 sq mi), and was the largest volcanic feature found on Io until these new observations revealed the hot spot in the south ...
Even by the standards of Io, the most volcanic celestial body in the solar system, recent events observed on the Jovian moon ...
Even by the standards of Io, the most volcanic celestial body in the solar system, recent events observed on the Jovian moon ...
NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter’s moon Io has provided incredible data. A recent flyby revealed the most powerful volcanic event ever recorded on Io, the most volcanic world in our solar system.
If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA’s Juno spacecraft has captured a beautiful but terrifying infrared photo of Io ...
On this date, Jan. 17, 2002, the Galileo probe made it’s 33 rd pass of Jupiter’s moon, Io. After Voyager 1’s pass in 1979, Io was dubbed the most volcanically active place in the solar system.
Astronomers studying data from the Juno spacecraft discovered a volcanic hot spot in the Southern Hemisphere of Jupiter’s moon Io. The volcanic region belches out eruptions six times the total energy ...