Jupiter, the colossal gas giant of our solar system, has always captured the fascination of astronomers and space enthusiasts alike. With its immense size, swirling storm systems, and striking bands ...

NASA’s Juno mission captured Jupiter’s moon Io on December 30 during its closest flyby. Image: NASA/Image processed by Kevin M. Gill The mutilated surface of Jupiter’s moon Io was revealed ...

A NASA spacecraft made its closest-ever approach to Jupiter's moon Io, coming within 930 miles of the "surface of the most volcanic world," and the space agency released new images of the flyby.

That mission also extends to Jupiter's rings and many moons. In December, Juno came within about 930 miles of Io's surface – equal the distance from New York City to Orlando, Florida.

NASA’s Juno spacecrafthas once again delivered breathtaking images of Jupiter, capturing the giant planet’s swirling storms and cloud bands in extraordinary detail. These latest photos, taken ...

The recent flyby of Io reduced its orbit from 38 days to 35 days. The JunoCam instrument aboard our #JunoMission acquired six images of Jupiter's moon Io during its close encounter today.

NASA’s solar-powered spacecraft Juno has sent back another tranche of images from 560 million miles (900 million kilometers) away. The bus-sized spacecraft, which has been in Jupiter's orbit ...

It takes this moon about 42 hours to orbit Jupiter, and the immense heat produced during orbit likely creates an ocean of magma underneath Io’s surface, fueling eruptions.

Astronomers using the Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona have taken a close-up picture of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io that rivals similar photos taken from space.

A NASA spacecraft is providing earthlings with an out-of-this-world look at what NASA calls “the solar system’s most volcanic world.”NASA has released images of Jupiter’s moon Io after the ...

Close-up images of Amalthea by NASA's Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes and the Galileo spacecraft show several bright spots and craters on the small moon, as well as how mysteriously red its surface is.

During its 54th orbit since arriving to orbit Jupiter in 2016, Juno got close to Jupiter’s cloud-tops on Sept. 7, but not before obtaining wonderful global images, some of which feature here.