The “Geologic Map of Io” (USGS Scientific Investigations Map 3168) is available online: http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3168/ More than 400 years after its discovery by ...
More than 400 years after Galileo's discovery of Io, the innermost of Jupiter's largest moons, a team of scientists has produced the first complete global geologic map of the Jovian satellite. More ...
More than 400 years after Galileo’s discovery of Io, the innermost of Jupiter’s largest moons, a team of scientists led by Arizona State University (ASU) has produced the first complete global ...
A new study finds that the pattern of heat coming from volcanoes on Io's surface disposes of the generally-accepted model of internal heating. The heat pouring out of Io's hundreds of erupting ...
Feast your eyes on the volcano-covered surface of Io, the innermost of Jupiter’s four Galilean moons. We’ve been snapping photo’s of Io’s stunning surface features for decades, but only recently did ...
Io, one of Jupiter’s Galilean satellites, is the most volcanically active body in the solar system. Images from spacecraft have shown molten lava erupting along walls that dam giant lava lakes and ...
Scientists can say two things with certainty about Io. First, this moon of Jupiter is the most volcanic object in the known universe. Its surface is festooned with so many lava-spewing calderas that ...