14/07/2025
🌋 Say hello to Io — Jupiter’s wild, volcanic moon! 🔥
This little moon is seriously intense. With over 400 active volcanoes, Io is the most volcanic place in our whole Solar System! It’s like the universe’s ultimate lava party. 🪐💥
We first saw its eruptions thanks to Voyager 1 in 1979, and now NASA’s Juno is checking it out up close — and wow, it’s still going off!
💥 Why is it so crazy active?
Io gets pulled and squeezed by Jupiter and its sibling moons, Europa and Ganymede. That constant tug-of-war heats up its insides, kind of like when you bend a paperclip until it gets hot. 🔥
That heat causes massive volcanic eruptions — way more intense than anything we have on Earth.
🌡️ Eruptions that reach space!
Io’s volcanoes shoot out sulfur and gas over 300 miles high — into space! 😱 Its surface is always changing, so craters don’t last long. And instead of one big magma ocean, it has tons of underground magma chambers feeding the action.
🚀 Juno’s mission? Get the scoop.
NASA’s Juno spacecraft is flying by Io and giving us the best views ever. It’s helping scientists figure out what’s happening under the surface and how all that volcanic drama affects Jupiter’s massive magnetic field.
Io is basically a lava-covered chaos ball — and we love it for that. 🔥🧡
