NASA has recorded the most powerful volcanic eruption outside of Earth on Io, one of Jupiter’s moons. On December 27, 2022, ...

A moon can sit next door to another and still feel like a different world. Around Jupiter, that contrast shows up fast.

For decades, scientists have been puzzled by the violent eruptions on Jupiter’s moon Io. Now, thanks to Juno’s recent close ...

Five volcanoes on Jupiter’s moon Io erupted simultaneously, spewing a mind-boggling amount of lava onto the surface and giving us clues to what may lie underneath ...

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"What makes the event even more extraordinary is that it did not involve a single volcano, but multiple active sources." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Space scientists have captured the most powerful volcanic event ever seen in our solar system on Jupiter's moon, Io. NASA's Juno spacecraft was flying past the moon on 27 December 2024 when it spotted ...

The telescope primarily detects light in the infrared in order to observe sources such as the first galaxies and protostars.

Pluto reaches conjunction with the Sun at 5 A.M. EST. Also this morning, the Moon passes 4° north of Saturn at 8 A.M. EST and passes 4° north of Neptune at 11 A.M. EST. You can catch the trio in the ...

Europa has a deep ocean, but a new study suggests its seafloor may be too quiet to supply the energy life needs to survive.

Miranda Carroll visited the Metamorphoses exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. How would you choose what to include in this exhibition?

Enceladus’s geysers power vast electromagnetic wave systems that redistribute energy throughout Saturn’s magnetosphere.