In a landmark observation by a team of international researchers, NASA's Juno spacecraft has, for the first time, clearly ...

In new images captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft, fiery volcanic activity is seen erupting across Jupiter's moon, Io. Io is the third-largest of Jupiter's four Galilean moons and is the most ...

A study utilizing ALMA observations of Io's atmosphere reveals a significant depletion of lighter sulfur isotopes, suggesting extensive and prolonged volcanic activity throughout its 4.57 billion-year ...

Katy is Managing Editor at IFLScience where she oversees editorial content from News articles to Features, and even occasionally writes some. NASA’s Juno conducted its 58th close encounter with ...

It’s not a big moon relative to a few of its neighbors, but Jupiter’s Io is exceedingly active, with volcanoes by the hundreds spewing lava plumes dozens of miles above its surface, per NASA. Infrared ...

Io, Europa and Ganymede had already shown their footprints through earlier observations. But Callisto, the farthest Galilean ...

Combining a new imaging instrument with the powerful adaptive optics capabilities of the Large Binocular Telescope, astronomers have captured a volcanic event on Jupiter's moon Io at a resolution ...

Can ground-based telescopes obtain the same image resolution of planetary objects as space-based telescopes, or even spacecraft directly orbiting other worlds? This is what a recently submitted study ...

Turn your eyes to the east in the early morning hours of Sept. 16 to see the moon conspire with Jupiter and the bright stars of the Gemini constellation to create a lopsided rectangular formation in ...

The Moon passes 5° north of Jupiter at 7 A.M. EDT. Early risers can enjoy the pairing before sunrise, standing some 50° high ...

Jupiter's visibility diminishes throughout May, offering optimal viewing in early May before setting earlier each night. Observational highlights include Galilean moon transits and occultations, ...