In March and April 2025, internet users shared a striking image that they claimed showed "Steeple Mountain," a massive point ...

Recent flybys of the fiery world refute a leading theory of its inner structure — and reveal how little is understood about ...

The celestial image could be spoiled by a dull Saturn, which might lack the brightness needed to tie the smiley together, ...

Jupiter's volcanic moon Io doesn't appear to have a subsurface ocean of magma, resolving some issues about how Io's volcanoes erupt and raising broader questions about similar magma oceans within ...

Or perhaps more likely, look at under a microscope. The latest candidate for hosting nearby life is Jupiter’s moon, Io. Let’s take a look at what makes Io special, and what we might hope to ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft, part of the Juno mission launched in 2011, has captured groundbreaking images of a significant volcanic feature on Jupiter's moon Io, known for its extreme geological activity.

What can a sample return mission from Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io, teach scientists about planetary and satellite (moon) formation and evolution? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th ...

2024 — By staring into the hellish landscape of Jupiter's moon Io -- the most volcanically active location in the solar system -- astronomers have been able to study a fundamental process in ...

Enjoy dark skies for evening observing, then catch a meteor shower and a planetary conjunction in the morning sky this week.

NASA's Juno spacecraft has resumed normal operations after entering safe mode twice during its 71st close approach to Jupiter on April 4.

Juno is scheduled for an upcoming flyby of Jupiter on May 7, during which it is set to carry out a close approach of the ...