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Probe Shows Jupiter Moon 'Puking' Into Space

Posted by Zonk on from the intergalactic-bodily-fluids dept.

Tablizer writes "The New Horizons probe caught the moon Io in the act of 'barfing' into space. A five-frame sequence from the New Horizons probe captured a beautiful plume of ash from Io's Tvashtar volcano. "Snapped by the probe's Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) as the spacecraft flew past Jupiter earlier this year, this first-ever "movie" of an Io plume clearly shows motion in the cloud of volcanic debris, which extends 330 kilometers (200 miles) above the moon's surface ... The appearance and motion of the plume is remarkably similar to an ornamental fountain on Earth, replicated on a gigantic scale.""

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  1. Dizzy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's probably just dizzy from all that spinning.

  2. So... by Iwanowitch · · Score: 5, Funny

    So... The demotion of Pluto has finally reached Jupiter?

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  3. Great terminology... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 4, Funny

    When did "puking" and "barfing" become scientific terms? Wouldn't "ejaculate" be a more appropriate term?

    1. Re:Great terminology... by Jugalator · · Score: 2, Funny

      I sure hope not... Saturn was a roman God, father of Jupiter, so that could be a nasty case of incest if it was destined for his neighbor. :-(

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    2. Re:Great terminology... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      what about "tubgirling" ?

    3. Re:Great terminology... by Tablizer · · Score: 3, Funny

      When did "puking" and "barfing" become scientific terms? Wouldn't "ejaculate" be a more appropriate term?

      Only if the moon moans in pleasure.

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  4. Puking into space? by VitrosChemistryAnaly · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wonder if that's because it got a good look at Uranus?

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  5. Re:"Puking" and "barfing"? by Jugalator · · Score: 5, Funny

    If I had uranus in my vicinity all day long, I'd be barfing too!

    Wait.. Maybe that comment wasn't what you were looking for :)

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  6. Iota Omicron (IO) by Orleron · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...the slutty drunken sorority moon of Jupiter.

  7. Re:"Puking" and "barfing"? by bushboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought it was because of the high level of education in the USA?

    "Whooa dude, that Io's like, err, like, err, barfing dude! - hehhehhhehehehhehhe"
    "shwoaaah yeah, it's puking man! - kewl! - ehherrheehhheheh"

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  8. How to punt as a columnist by Dasher42 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Step 1: Find a science story about a well-observed and described phenomenon.
    Step 2: Add a purile, irrelevant adjective, one that will set you apart from the pack.
    Step 3: Write it up. Hello, interwebz. Let's move some ads!
    Step 4: News aggregate sites filter out the best from all the... oh wait, here comes Zonk. Go, go Slashdot!
    Step 5: Profit! :) :) :)

  9. Puking? by jollyreaper · · Score: 1, Funny

    Too much space mead?

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  10. My God... by segedunum · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's full of puke.

  11. Well... by Toandeaf · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't have anything thoughtful to add about this, so I think I'll just do the cool thing and mock the title of the article. heh. it said puke.

  12. Not toilet humor. by Cafe+Alpha · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're so right. Why didn't it say "ejaculating into space?"

    1. Re:Not toilet humor. by CmdrGravy · · Score: 2, Funny
      Indeed. I'd have liked to the seen the phrase "pumping hot moon spunk" somewhere in there too.

      The New Horizons probe caught the moon Io red faced 'pumping hot moon spunk' into the space void. A five-frame film sequence from the New Horizons planetry probe captured a gushing plume of jizz from Io's Tvashtar jizz hole. "Snapped by the snooping probe's Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) as the spacecraft flew past Jupiter earlier this earth year, this first-ever, so called, "movie" of an Io plume clearly shows a thrusting motion hidden within the cloud of moon spunk, which extends 3,3000 meters (12 672 000 inches ) above the moon's surface ... The appearance and motion of the splume is remarkably similar to an small ornamental marble fountain in Wigan, replicated on a gigantic scale.""


  13. Re:"Puking" and "barfing"? by Dunbal · · Score: 2, Funny

    Otherwise, we wouldn't have overlord jokes.

          Well since you insist, I for one welcome our cosmic regurgitating overlords.

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