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JWST Could Spot Volcanic "Exo-Ios" Around Super-Jupiters
Jupiters moon, Io, is the most volcanically active planetary body in the solar system, boasting hundreds of active volcanoes spewing molten lava into space. This occurs from a process called tidal heating where Jupiters massive gravity constantly stretches and compresses the much smaller moon during the latters non-circular orbit. However, a lesser-known fact is that Ios volcanic gases fuel Jupiters aurorae by traveling along Jupiters magnetic field lines, resulting in Jupiters bright aurorae observed by spacecraft and Earth-based telescopes. But what if this same phenomenon could be used to detect Io-like exomoons, also called exo-Ios, orbiting Jupiter-like exoplanets?
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