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Rutgers: Jupiter's Moon Has Splendid Dunes
April 20, 2022
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, April 20 (TNSJou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news:

Scientists have long wondered how Jupiter's innermost moon, Io, has meandering ridges as grand as any that can be seen in movies like "Dune." Now, a Rutgers research study has provided a new explanation of how dunes can form even on a surface as icy and roiling as Io's.

The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, is based on a study of the phy . . .

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