Flybys of Jupiter’s moon Io, the only known volcanic world in our solar system, have captured images of a massive lava lake and a towering Matterhorn-like mountain.

NASA's Juno mission has gathered data from Jupiter's third-largest moon Io, revealing details of a lake of lava on its surface.

Lava lakes on Io's surface had previously been found in a few locations, such as the 127-mile-long lake Loki Patera. This study reveals that these lakes are extremely common on the moon, and the ...

Two recent flybys of Jupiter’s moon Io by NASA’s Juno spacecraft revealed a couple of stunning surprises: a remarkably steep mountain and islands in the middle of a burbling lava lake.

And it has observed some dramatic features there, like a lake of lava and a large mountain. Even though Jupiter (and Io) are both far from the sun, and therefore receive little heat from sunlight ...

An artist’s concept of a lava lake on Jupiter’s moon Io called Loki Patera. The image was made using data from the JunoCam imager aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft.

Sunlight at Io is far too weak to keep the lava liquid for long, so a crust quickly forms on each lake’s surface. However, JIRAM has shown that in some cases a liquid rim survives around the ...

Loki Patera might sound like the name of a Norse god's heavy metal band, but it is actually a lake made of lava located on one of Jupiter's moons, Io.On Sunday NASA scientists released a new ...

NASA says it has discovered a lake of lava on Io’s surface. The lake was discovered using data from Juno’s most recent flyby of the volcanic moon.This week, NASA even released an animation of ...

Flybys of Jupiter’s moon Io, the only known volcanic world in our solar system, have captured images of a massive lava lake and a towering Matterhorn-like mountain.