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Volcanism on Io

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I've listed this article for peer review because there exists criticism of Io's volcanos being a geothermal phenomenon. Some scientists believe that the "volcanos" are actually an electromagnetic phenomenon. Someone should update the article to include this. I'd like to direct you to the following sources: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/294458553_Plasma_Gun_Mechanism_on_The_Jovian_Satellite_Io's_Volcanoes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTGbXN4qm_I&ab_channel=ThunderboltsProject

Thanks, JacobIsACoolCat (talk) 08:21, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Perhaps Jo-Jo Eumerus will have a look. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:30, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

I am taking a look but I am rather dubious of both sources:

• ResearchGate is essentially self-published and it doesn't seem like the proposal in this presentation has been cited anywhere.
• The YouTube video is also self published and the author does not appear to have much of a reputation. That and I have never seen their theory The Electric Universe mentioned among mainstream cosmology theories, an impression borne out by the off-stream cites that Google Scholar shows.

So to sum it up, it looks like a WP:FRINGE theory. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 18:44, 16 November 2020 (UTC)