Exploring the Volcanoes Across Our Solar System

Earth, Jupiter’s moons Io and Europa, Neptune’s moon Triton, and Saturn’s moon Enceladus have active volcanoes. Cryovolcanoes, which shoot out liquids and ices made of water, methane, ammonia and chlorine instead of lava, are also present in some of these worlds. Io is the most volcanic place in the solar system, while Enceladus is a frozen ball that has geysers of water erupting through cracks in the moon’s south pole and blasting into space. Many worlds in our solar system show signs of ancient volcanoes and lava flows solidified in fascinating rock formations.