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Flybys not only provide beneficial gravity assists but also additional scientific opportunities at secondary targets that can provide unexpected results, like this image of Tvashtar erupting on Io captured by New Horizons flyby of Jupiter while en route to Pluto. Image credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI.
