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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)[reply]

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

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)[reply]