Double Plumes Spotted on Jupiter’s Cantankerous Volcanic Moon

The close encounter also shows what feels like a pair of plumes erupting from the moons surface.

This contributes to the moons volcanic activity as Io is constantly being stretched and squeezed due to its position.

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NASA’s Juno spacecraft carried out a second close flyby of Io on February 3.Image: NASA/SWRI

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