The hellish surface of a moon of Jupiter known as Io is riddled with hundreds of lava-spewing volcanoes that make the world one of chaos and violence. The brutal conditions also make Io intriguing ...
A NASA spacecraft orbiting Jupiter has just witnessed some of the most extreme volcanic eruptions ever seen in the solar system, coming from a giant underground magma chamber on the "tormented" Jovian ...
Io's intense volcanic activity is the result of "tidal flexing," where the moon is continuously being squeezed and released like a stress ball by Jupiter's crushing gravity. This external force ...