NASA Juno spacecraft data has been used to create an animation of "Steeple Mountain" and a lava lake known as Loki Patera on Jupiter's moon Io. Credit: Space.com | NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS | edited ...

Jupiter wasn’t always the planet we know today—it was once twice as big, had a magnetic field 50 times stronger, and its ...

Stunning new Jupiter photos from NASA’s Juno spacecraft reveal storms, cloud bands, and its volcanic moon Io as the mission ...

The Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) aboard NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft has successfully completed its initial commissioning following the October 14, 2024, launch. Scheduled to arrive in the ...

The lights are similar to the auroras seen on Earth but are “hundreds of times brighter than those seen on Earth." ...

NASA’s latest gravitational data model of the Moon generated a litany of discoveries from ancient volcanoes to navigational ...

“Our study shows that the Moon’s interior is not uniform: the side facing Earth (the nearside) is warmer and more geologically active deep down than the far side. This difference is linked to the Moon ...

NASA’s Juno mission has gathered new findings after peering below Jupiter’s cloud-covered atmosphere and the surface of its fiery moon, Io. Not only has the data helped develop a new model to better ...

New data from the orbiter has unveiled some of the treacherous conditions of not only Jupiter, but its moon Io, the most volcanic body in the solar system. The findings, which come after Juno has ...

But now, it appears that Io’s hell has vanished — or rather, it was never there to begin with. During recent flybys of the volcanic moon by NASA’s Juno spacecraft, scientists measured Io’s ...

Despite these challenges, Juno performed as designed and is now preparing for its next close approach to Jupiter on May 7, which will include a flyby of the Jovian moon, Io.

The descriptions of some Juno mission images capturing Jupiter and its moons featured the word "enhanced," communicating to users the full context of the pictures' alterations. "Io's 'Steeple ...