The Juno mission has uncovered remarkably intense activity on Io, a moon of Jupiter. "The hotspot is releasing eruptions with ...

One of Jupiter's moons known as Io is well known for its intense geological activity, as it has more than 400 active volcanoes, making it the most volcanically active body in the s ...

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

Loki Patera is 202 kilometres (126 mi) in diameter, covers 20,000 sq km (7,700 sq mi), and was the largest volcanic feature found on Io until these new observations revealed the hot spot in the south ...

NASA’s Juno mission found Io’s biggest volcanic eruption ever. The explosion was stronger than all Earth’s power plants ...

On Dec. 27, 2024, NASA's Juno spacecraft swooped by the volcanic world Io. It witnessed a giant eruption.

Mount Tambora, an imposing stratovolcano that before 1815 reached an altitude of more than 4,300 meters, was the scene of the ...

The Caspian Sea, currently facing threats, has been in the news for a different reason: the emergence and subsequent ...

Jupiter’s moon Io is the most volcanically active world in the Solar System. The gravitational tug-of-war between Jupiter and ...

This 2022 satellite photo shows the summit of "one of the world's most dangerous volcanoes," Mount Vesuvius, peering up ...

"Rootless cones form when lava flows over wet or icy ground, causing it to boil and explode," said Dundas. "The region around ...

A mysterious "ghost island" formed by an underwater mud volcano appeared in the Caspian Sea in 2023 only to vanish again ...