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> Massive New Volcano Discovered Erupting on Jupiter's Moon Io
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These are JunoCam images of Jupiter's moon Io from its 3 February 2024 encounter. The first two images show Io illuminated by Jupiter-shine, and the rest are lit up by sunlight. The new volcano was captured in the second image in the sequence. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS)
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The grey inset image shows what the Galileo spacecraft saw about 25 years ago. The larger colour image is from JunoCam and clearly shows a new volcano and lava flows. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Europlanet)
https://www.sciencealert.com/massive-new-volcano-discovered-erupting-on-jupiters-moon-io