NASA's Juno spacecraft will come closer to Jupiter's moon Io on Dec. 30 than any spacecraft has in 20 years, getting a good look at the solar system's most volcanic body.

The spacecraft’s JunoCam instrument captured the top image of Io during Juno’s 60th flyby of Jupiter on April 9, 2024. It was also the first-ever image captured of the moon’s south polar region.

This week, NASA shared new images taken by the Juno spacecraft during its flyby of Jupiter’s moon Io on October 15. The images reveal an ominous view of the most volcanically active world in the ...

Juno will complete another close flyby of Io on February 3, 2024, which will allow scientists to compare changes on the surface of the hellish moon to see how the surface might be evolving over ...

The team behind these findings used data collected by Juno, which made flybys of Io in Dec. 2023 and Feb. 2024 and came to within about 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) of the Jovian moon's surface.

NASA’s Juno spacecraft made the closest flyby of Jupiter’s moon lo of any spacecraft in over 20 years, while taking incredible new images of the volcanic moon.

Here’s how it works. NASA's Juno spacecraft has now paid Jupiter's moon Io its second close-up visit in less than two Earth months. (Image credit: NASA) ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft recently spotted a glassy-smooth lava lake amid the volcanic hellscape of Jupiter’s moon Io. When Juno’s orbit swooped past Io last December, its cameras captured a ...

During a close flyby of Europa, the Juno spacecraft was at an altitude of just 330 kilometers (220 miles) above the moon's surface. It caught some awesome images, too.

NASA's Juno spacecraft is set to make a historic close flyby of Jupiter's moon Io on December 30, marking the nearest approach to the volcanic moon in over two decades. Coming within approximately ...

The Juno team says the latest flyby took place exactly as planned on Feb. 3, offering another glimpse of the moon's surface from a mere 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) above the surface.

The Juno team continues to analyze the data from the Ganymede flyby. At the time, Juno was about 645 miles (1,038 kilometers) from the moon's surface and zipping by at 41,600 mph (67,000 ...