The surface of Io, one of Jupiter's many moons, is an especially hostile environment – even for space. Scientists recently observed its atmosphere completely collapse for the very first time.

that in our Moon we have a picture of our Earth, as she will be at some far distant date … when her oceans and atmosphere have disappeared through the action of the same circumstances (whatever ...

Or perhaps more likely, look at under a microscope. The latest candidate for hosting nearby life is Jupiter’s moon, Io. Let’s take a look at what makes Io special, and what we might hope to ...

Jupiter moon Io, imaged by SHARK-VIS on Jan ... to compensate for the blurring caused by turbulence in Earth’s atmosphere. The JunoCam instrument aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft captured this ...

Along with the stunning detail in its swirling clouds and colorful bands, the school bus-sized probe's JunoCam also focused its lens on Jupiter's moon, Io, the most volcanic world in the solar system.