Largest volcano on Jupiter's moon Io is about to blow - Visible from Earth

Jupiter’s Loki Patera is the biggest and flashiest of the lunar volcanoes orbiting the Gas Giant. Found on the Galilean moon Io, the volcano erupts like clockwork, regularly flaring up over Jupiter. Based on 20 years of observations, astronomers have been able to narrow down the intervals in-between eruptions. Researchers at the Planetary Science Institute in Arizona have now announced Loki is due another powerful eruption in the coming days.

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