"What makes the event even more extraordinary is that it did not involve a single volcano, but multiple active sources." ...

The Italian scientist Galileo Galilei, when hearing about the invention of the telescope in 1608, decided to make his own ...

The volcanic hot spot is larger than Lake Superior, spewing eruptions six times the total energy of all of the world's power plants.

The simultaneous eruption of multiple volcanoes suggests a vast, interconnected network of magma exists beneath the surface, powered by the intense gravitational pull of Jupiter.

New images of Jupiter moon Io show massive volcanoes, a scarred landscape and lava flows. Jupiter has a total of 92 moons, and Io is slightly larger than Earth’s moon.

New infrared images showcase "fire-breathing" lakes all across the surface of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Research into Jupiter’s moons shows Io and Europa did not evolve apart but formed with opposite compositions from the beginning.

While Io, the most volcanically active moon in the solar system, appears completely dry and devoid of water ice, its neighbor Europa is thought to harbor a vast global ocean of liquid water beneath ...

It's a world home to gigantic storms bigger than Australia, 100-mph winds pummeling its northern reaches and a rocky moon riddled with lava-spewing volcanoes. Welcome to Jupiter. NASA scientists have ...

There’s no mistaking Jupiter in the sky these Butler winter evenings, rising in the southeast as evening twilight ends. In ...