"This is the most powerful volcanic event ever recorded on the most volcanic world in our solar system — so that's really ...

NASA’s Juno mission has captured the most powerful volcanic ... it could provide a new model for understanding eruptions on rocky planets and moons throughout the universe.

For nine years, a spacecraft known as the Juno orbiter has divided its time between observing the gas giant of Jupiter and studying its moons, including Io. And on its third flyby of the celestial ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft has discovered a giant volcanic hot spot on the surface of Jupiter's hellish moon Io. The eruptions in this area are chucking out six times the energy being produced by all ...

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 ...

Jupiter's volcanic moon Io as captured by the Juno spacecraft on Oct. 15, 2023. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Image processing by Ted Stryk On Dec. 27, 2024, NASA's Juno spacecraft ...

An image shows Io and the Juno spacecraft with a top down view of its south pole and the solar system's biggest record volcanic eruption ringed. | Credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva)/NASA/JPL ...

Io is frequently monitored by NASA's Juno spacecraft, which has been circling Jupiter in a highly elliptical, or stretched, orbit since 2016. Juno passes by Io once every few months and fixes its gaze ...