LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Scientists with NASA's Juno mission have discovered a volcanic hot spot in the southern hemisphere of Jupiter's moon Io, NASA said on Thursday. The hot spot is not ...

Perhaps, though, a future generation will be the first to discover life teeming just beneath the scorched surface of the distant Pizza Moon. Featured image: “Full Disk Views of Io” by NASA.

No moon in our solar system is likely as chaotic as Io, Jupiter’s third largest. The rocky body looks like a pepperoni pizza because of the constant, numerous eruptions on its surface.