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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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January 2015Schlieren visualization of fluid dynamics effects in direct analysis in real time mass spectrometry

Curtis, M., Keelor, J. D., Jones, C. M., Pittman, J. J., Jones, P. R., Sparkman, O. D., & Fernández, F. M. (2015). Schlieren visualization of fluid dynamics effects in direct analysis in real time mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 29(5), 431–439. doi:10.1002/rcm.7119

The statistics of fixation times for systems with recruitment

Biancalani, T., Dyson, L., & McKane, A. J. (2015). Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, 2015(1), P01013. doi:10.1088/1742-5468/2015/01/p01013

Attachment of Ribonucleotides on α-Alumina as a Function of pH, Ionic Strength, and Surface Loading

Feuillie, C., Sverjensky, D. A., & Hazen, R. M. (2015). Langmuir, 31(1), 240–248. doi:10.1021/la504034k

Assessing the distribution of sedimentary C 40 carotenoids through time

French, K. L., Rocher, D., Zumberge, J. E., & Summons, R. E. (2015). Geobiology, 13(2), 139–151. doi:10.1111/gbi.12126

Argon diffusion in Apollo 16 impact glass spherules: Implications for 40Ar/39Ar dating of lunar impact events

Gombosi, D. J., Baldwin, S. L., Watson, E. B., Swindle, T. D., Delano, J. W., & Roberge, W. G. (2015). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 148(None), 251–268. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2014.09.031

Evolutionary and biogeographical patterns of barnacles from deep-sea hydrothermal vents

Herrera, S., Watanabe, H., & Shank, T. M. (2015). Mol Ecol, 24(3), 673–689. doi:10.1111/mec.13054

A new and simple approach to determine the abundance of hydrogen molecules on interstellar ice mantles

Hincelin, U., Chang, Q., & Herbst, E. (2015). A&A, 574(None), A24. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201424807

Genome-wide gene order distances support clustering the gram-positive bacteria

House, C. H., Pellegrini, M., & Fitz-Gibbon, S. T. (2015). Frontiers in Microbiology, 5(None), None. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2014.00785

A morphospace of planktonic marine diatoms. I. Two views of disparity through time

Kotrc, B., & Knoll, A. H. (2015). Paleobiology, 41(01), 45–67. doi:10.1017/pab.2014.4

Habitable Evaporated Cores: Transforming Mini-Neptunes into Super-Earths in the Habitable Zones of M Dwarfs

Luger, R., Barnes, R., Lopez, E., Fortney, J., Jackson, B., & Meadows, V. (2015). Astrobiology, 15(1), 57–88. doi:10.1089/ast.2014.1215