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volcanoes that erupt ice water instead of lava, because cold worlds get to have tantrums too.
means the eruption of water, ammonia, or methane slush from a moon or dwarf planet's interior instead of molten rock.
from coined by planetary scientists in the late 20th century, stitching cryo (greek for icy cold) onto volcanism once probes like voyager spotted plumes on frigid moons that had no business erupting anything.
enceladus plumesshoot ice water hundreds of kilometers into space
triton geysersnitrogen gas jets darken neptune's moon surface
pluto's heartsputnik planitia may hide a slushy cryovolcano
the lavais basically freezing brine, not molten rock