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A volcanically active planet is shown in closeup at the left side of the image with glowing eruptions and lines of lava on the surface. To the right and in the distance is a faint blue glowing ball representing the more massive planet in the system.

Sixteen frames from Voyager 1's flyby of Jupiter in 1979 were merged to create this image. Jupiter's Great Red Spot is visible in the center. Jupiter's moon Europa can be seen in the foreground at the bottom left of the image.

The frame is a horizontal rainbow of color on a grid. Shadows of molecules can be seen through the light as well as the jagged peaks and troughs of spectral lines.

Fizzy Super Earths and Lava Worlds“Fizzy Super-Earths: Impacts of Magma Composition on the Bulk Density and Structure of Lava Worlds.” in The Astrophysical Journal.01/03

Identifying Hydrothermal Activity on Icy Ocean Worlds“Ethene-ethanol ratios as potential indicators of hydrothermal activity at Enceladus, Europa, and other icy ocean worlds.” In Icarus.02/03

NASA Raman Spectroscopic Database"The NASA Raman spectroscopic database: Ramdb version 1.00.” In Icarus.03/03

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February 2022Cyanide as a primordial reductant enables a protometabolic reductive glyoxylate pathway

Yadav, M., Pulletikurti, S., Yerabolu, J. R., & Krishnamurthy, R. (2022). Cyanide as a primordial reductant enables a protometabolic reductive glyoxylate pathway. Nature Chemistry, 14(2), 170–178. doi:10.1038/s41557-021-00878-w

Rethinking the Search for the Origins of Life

Trail, D., Elsila, J., M�ller, U., Lyons, T., & Rogers, K. (2022). Rethinking the Search for the Origins of Life. Eos, 103, None. doi:10.1029/2022eo220065

Picking out the warp and weft of the Ediacaran seafloor: Paleoenvironment and paleoecology of an Ediacara textured organic surface

Tarhan, L. G., Droser, M. L., & Gehling, J. G. (2022). Picking out the warp and weft of the Ediacaran seafloor: Paleoenvironment and paleoecology of an Ediacara textured organic surface. Precambrian Research, 369, 106539. doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2021.106539

January 2022Genome Sequence of the Early 20th-Century Extreme Halophile Halobacterium sp. Strain NRC-34001

DasSarma, P., Anton, B. P., Griffith, J. M., Kunka, K. S., Roberts, R. J., & DasSarma, S. (2022). Genome Sequence of the Early 20th-Century Extreme Halophile Halobacterium sp. Strain NRC-34001. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 11(1), None. doi:10.1128/mra.01181-21

The sulfur isotopic consequence of seawater sulfate distillation preserved in the Neoproterozoic Sete Lagoas post-glacial carbonate, eastern Brazil

Okubo, J., Kaufman, A. J., Warren, L. V., Evans, M. N., Marroquín, S., Varni, M. A., … Xiao, S. (2022). The sulfur isotopic consequence of seawater sulfate distillation preserved in the Neoproterozoic Sete Lagoas post-glacial carbonate, eastern Brazil. Journal of the Geological Society, None, jgs2021–091. doi:10.1144/jgs2021-091

Abiotic nitrous oxide production from sediments and brine of Don Juan Pond, Wright Valley Antarctica, at Mars analog temperatures (–40°C)

Schutte, C. A., Samarkin, V. A., Bowles, M. W., Peters, B., Casciotti, K. L., Madigan, M. T., & Joye, S. B. (2022). Abiotic nitrous oxide production from sediments and brine of Don Juan Pond, Wright Valley Antarctica, at Mars analog temperatures (–40°C). Geophysical Research Letters. doi:10.1029/2021gl094635

Quantifying structural relationships of metal-binding sites suggests origins of biological electron transfer

Bromberg, Y., Aptekmann, A. A., Mahlich, Y., Cook, L., Senn, S., Miller, M., … Falkowski, P. G. (2022). Quantifying structural relationships of metal-binding sites suggests origins of biological electron transfer. Science Advances, 8(2), None. doi:10.1126/sciadv.abj3984

Volatile Abundances, Extended Coma Sources, and Nucleus Ice Associations in Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Dello Russo, N., Vervack, R. J., Kawakita, H., Bonev, B. P., DiSanti, M. A., Gibb, E. L., … Khan, Y. (2022). Volatile Abundances, Extended Coma Sources, and Nucleus Ice Associations in Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy). The Planetary Science Journal, 3(1), 6. doi:10.3847/psj/ac323c

Mineralogical Environments of the Hadean Eon: Rare Elements Were Ubiquitous in Surface Sites of Rock-Forming Minerals

Hazen, R. M., & Morrison, S. M. (2021). Mineralogical Environments of the Hadean Eon: Rare Elements Were Ubiquitous in Surface Sites of Rock-Forming Minerals. Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics, None, 43–61. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-81039-9_2

ExoCAM: A 3D Climate Model for Exoplanet Atmospheres

Wolf, E. T., Kopparapu, R., Haqq-Misra, J., & Fauchez, T. J. (2022). ExoCAM: A 3D Climate Model for Exoplanet Atmospheres. The Planetary Science Journal, 3(1), 7. doi:10.3847/psj/ac3f3d

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