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![The JunoCam instrument on NASA’s Juno captured this view of Jupiter’s moon Io — with the first-ever image of its south polar region — during the spacecraft’s 60th flyby of Jupiter on April 9.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/B4584BseyzkpmhYgit7wkZ-320-80.jpg)
NASA's Juno probe captures amazing views of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io (video)
By Meredith Garofalo published
NASA's Juno probe continues to give us more insight into Jupiter and the giant planet's moons, including Io, the most volcanically active object in the solar system.
![A view of Io captured by the Galileo spacecraft.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HKng7LBhMJmci3okenfojH-320-80.jpg)
Jupiter's violent moon Io has been the solar system's most volcanic body for around 4.5 billion years
By Robert Lea published
Jupiter's moon Io is the solar system's most volcanic body thanks to a gravitational tug of war that rages below its surface. But now scientists know the violent moon has always been this way.
![two images of an orange-ish planet, showing a large red spot in its southern hemisphere. the spot is smaller in the image on the right](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6GEbMcBVoNuTCLzTufaN7P-320-80.jpg)
Hubble Telescope spies stormy weather and a shrinking Great Red Spot on Jupiter (video)
By Keith Cooper published
The Hubble Space Telescope's latest look at Jupiter finds writhing storms and a shrinking Great Red Spot.
![half of Jupiter](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LLQqWDswSh5zseEGaxEsFc-320-80.jpg)
Mystery of Jupiter's Great Blue Spot deepens with strangely fluctuating jet
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
A time-changing jet in Jupiter's atmosphere may finally shed light onto the gas giant’s mysterious dynamo.
![Jupiter's moon Europa is the next destination for the Juno spacecraft.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wEkX9JhAKJxyA62aVRGZGj-320-80.jpg)
NASA Juno spacecraft picks up hints of activity on Jupiter's icy moon Europa
By Andrew Jones published
NASA's Juno probe made a close approach of Jupiter's moon Europa, finding possible proof of present day surface activity.
![closeup image of jupiter against the blackness of space](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tuneSx74CQcEXG2Bn5AWqH-320-80.jpg)
Exoplanet-hunting instrument measures Jupiter's wild wind speeds
By Samantha Mathewson published
A Very Large Telescope instrument designed to study exoplanets has turned its focus to our own cosmic neighborhood to measure Jupiter's wind speeds.
![An illustration shows NASA's Juno spacecraft as it makes a flyby of the Jovian moon Io.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CvGGfBm7S3vg3w92T6iD8k-320-80.png)
NASA's Juno spacecraft will get its closest look yet at Jupiter's moon Io on Dec. 30
By Robert Lea published
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.
![An artist's depiction of the JUICE spacecraft traveling through the Jupiter system.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wiHouwPrW6ZvYRKBxqV5hJ-320-80.jpg)
Europe's JUICE probe will be 1st to use gravity of Earth and moon to slingshot to Jupiter
By Stefanie Waldek published
The spacecraft recently burned 10 percent of its total fuel in a single 43-minute maneuver as preparation for the double gravity assist.
![a map of a grey moon dotted with red dots indicating volcanoes](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qLbsfuSanAtkn6HMp6Hny3-320-80.jpg)
Jupiter's moon Io is covered in active volcanoes. Now we have the 1st map of them
By Charles Q. Choi published
Jupiter's moon Io, the most volcanically active world in the solar system, may possess a global ocean of magma underneath its surface, as well as mysteriously warm poles, a new study finds.
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