What can a sample return mission from Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io, teach scientists about planetary and satellite (moon) ...

Take a tour of the space volcanoes on other planets and moons across the Solar System, and find out how they differ from ...

Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...

Plus: Observe two stunning spirals, see Venus reappear as a morning star, and enjoy the Last Quarter Moon in the sky this ...

Jupiter's moon Io (left side of image) is connected to Jupiter (right side of image) through the planet's magnetic field. Juno's close flyby of Io revealed electrons with varying properties in the ...

Jupiter’s moon Io, the most volcanically active body in the solar system, is littered with hundreds of erupting volcanoes. High-resolution images now reveal several dozen lava lakes, researchers ...

The solar system is home to bizarre moons like Enceladus and Callisto, each unveiling nature’s wonders and some of science’s ...

But it hasn't always been this way. Jupiter's four largest moons – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – were the first ever discovered orbiting another planet. They were spotted by Galileo Galilei more ...

Sunrise: 6:55 A.M. Sunset: 9:18 P.M. Moonrise: 5:01 A.M. Moonset: 2:55 P.M. We’re back at Jupiter in Taurus this evening to watch the innermost Galilean moon, Io, now transit the disk alongside ...

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft discovered active volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io. Before Voyager 1 flew by Io, scientists believed the moon to be a dead world much like Earth's moon. The mission ...

But it hasn’t always been this way. Jupiter’s four largest moons – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – were the first ever discovered orbiting another planet. They were spotted by Galileo ...