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A composite image of Jupiter\'s moon Io. Volcanic plumes of gas spew sulfur dioxide hundreds of miles into space, as seen by the New Horizons spacecraft. Such activity accounts for a small chunk of the moon\'s immediate atmosphere, but eventually freezes and builds up a store of the material. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

A composite image of Jupiter's moon Io. Volcanic plumes of gas spew sulfur dioxide hundreds of miles into space, as seen by the New Horizons spacecraft. Such activity accounts for a small chunk of the moon's immediate atmosphere, but eventually freezes and builds up a store of the material. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

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