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Why do some moons have volcanoes?

Some moons are squeezed and heated by the gravity around them. A large planet and nearby moons can tug a moon in different directions as it orbits. That flexing warms the inside, sometimes enough to melt rock or ice and power volcanoes or icy geysers.

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