I apologize for my absence the last couple of weeks.  When you write a blog in your spare time, it exists at the pleasure of my other obliga...

Each week here on the Gish Bar Times, we profile one of Io's 400 active volcanoes as part of our volcano of the week series.  This week,...

Over the last few days, we have focused on the geology and volcanic history of Tvashtar Paterae, a string of four volcanoes located within ...

This week, for our series covering one Ionian volcano each week , we are taking a look at a large volcanic region in Io's north polar re...

It is four for the price of one for this week's Io Volcano of the Week: Tvashtar Paterae.  During the month of August, we have examined ...

On February 22, 2000, Galileo flew close to Io for its 4th targeted flyby of the satellite with a altitude of 198 kilometers (a flyby known ...