The gas giant planet's spots and swirls come from massive storms that whip up prevailing winds as fast as 335 miles an hour at the equator—faster than any known winds on Earth. Jupiter is a ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft has discovered a giant volcanic hot spot on the surface of Jupiter's hellish moon Io. The eruptions in ...

NASA officials said what Juno spotted was 'the most powerful volcanic event ever recorded on the most volcanic world in our ...

The Juno mission has discovered remarkably strong activity on Jupiter's moon, Io. The hot spot emits eruptions with energy ...

At the time, Juno was 15 times closer than Ganymede, which orbits 666,000 miles away from Jupiter. The image is a reminder of just how beautiful space is, and how often the Jupiter surface ...

NASA’s Juno mission found Io’s biggest volcanic eruption ever. The explosion was stronger than all Earth’s power plants ...

Io is one of the largest moons of Jupiter and the closest ... flows and volcanic deposits covering an area of 32,400 square kilometers (12,510 square miles). That's over 1.6 times the area of ...

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 ...

Unlike Earth and other rocky planets, Jupiter lacks a solid surface. It’s composed entirely of gas and liquid, making it impossible to land on or walk across. Largest Planet in the Solar System ...