NASA spacecraft catches volcano plumes blasting into space

Juno spacecraft observing Io

When NASA's Juno orbiter swooped close to a Jupiter moon, it saw a pair of volcanic plumes spurting material into space, something the robotic spacecraft hadn't captured before. 

The plumes rise high above Io, Jupiter's third-largest moon. It's the most volcanically active world...

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