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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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November 2014Window contamination on Expose-R

Demets, R., Bertrand, M., Bolkhovitinov, A., Bryson, K., Colas, C., Cottin, H., … Dettmann, J. (2014). International Journal of Astrobiology, 14(01), 33–45. doi:10.1017/s1473550414000536

Organics Exposure in Orbit (OREOcube): A Next-Generation Space Exposure Platform

Elsaesser, A., Quinn, R. C., Ehrenfreund, P., Mattioda, A. L., Ricco, A. J., Alonzo, J., … Breitenbach, A. (2014). Langmuir, 30(44), 13217–13227. doi:10.1021/la501203g

Evolutionary Innovation

Erwin, D. H. (n.d.). Oxford Bibliographies Online Datasets. doi:10.1093/obo/9780199941728-0060

COSAC prepares for sampling and in situ analysis of cometary matter from comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

Goesmann, F., Raulin, F., Bredehöft, J. H., Cabane, M., Ehrenfreund, P., MacDermott, A. J., … McKenna-Lawlor, S. (2014). Planetary and Space Science, 103(None), 318–330. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2014.08.006

Corrigendum: Low simulated radiation limit for runaway greenhouse climates

Goldblatt, C., Robinson, T. D., Zahnle, K. J., & Crisp, D. (2014). Nature Geosci, 7(12), 931–931. doi:10.1038/ngeo2296

The EBLM project

Gómez Maqueo Chew, Y., Morales, J. C., Faedi, F., GarcíA-Melendo, E., Hebb, L., Rodler, F., … Deshpande, R. (2014). A&A, 572(None), A50. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201424265

Geothermal heating enhances atmospheric asymmetries on synchronously rotating planets

Haqq-Misra, J., & Kopparapu, R. K. (2014). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 446(1), 428–438. doi:10.1093/mnras/stu2052

A comprehensive NMR structural study of Titan aerosol analogs: Implications for Titan’s atmospheric chemistry

He, C., & Smith, M. A. (2014). Icarus, 243(None), 31–38. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.09.021

Infrared spectra and optical constants of astronomical ices: II. Ethane and ethylene

Hudson, R. L., Gerakines, P. A., & Moore, M. H. (2014). Icarus, 243(None), 148–157. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.09.001

Dissolution of benzene, naphthalene, and biphenyl in a simulated Titan lake

Malaska, M. J., & Hodyss, R. (2014). Icarus, 242(None), 74–81. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.07.022

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