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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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June 2014Influence of Mg2+ on CaCO3 precipitation during subsurface reactive transport in a homogeneous silicon-etched pore network

Boyd, V., Yoon, H., Zhang, C., Oostrom, M., Hess, N., Fouke, B., … Valocchi, A. J. (2014). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 135(None), 321–335. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2014.03.018

The evolution of respiratory O2/NO reductases: an out-of-the-phylogenetic-box perspective

Ducluzeau, A-L., Schoepp-Cothenet, B., Van Lis, R., Baymann, F., Russell, M. J., & Nitschke, W. (2014). Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 11(98), 20140196–20140196. doi:10.1098/rsif.2014.0196

Transmission electron microscope analyses of alteration phases in martian meteorite MIL 090032

Hallis, L. J., Ishii, H. A., Bradley, J. P., & Taylor, G. J. (2014). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 134(None), 275–288. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2014.02.007

Coupled reductive and oxidative sulfur cycling in the phototrophic plate of a meromictic lake

Hamilton, T. L., Bovee, R. J., Thiel, V., Sattin, S. R., Mohr, W., Schaperdoth, I., … Vogl, K. (2014). Geobiology, 12(5), 451–468. doi:10.1111/gbi.12092

A CONSISTENT ORBITAL STABILITY ANALYSIS FOR THE GJ 581 SYSTEM

Joiner, D. A., Sul, C., Dragomir, D., Kane, S. R., & Kress, M. E. (2014). The Astrophysical Journal, 788(2), 160. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/788/2/160

Geochemistry and microbial ecology in alkaline hot springs of Ambitle Island, Papua New Guinea

Meyer-Dombard, D. A. R., & Amend, J. P. (2014). Extremophiles, 18(4), 763–778. doi:10.1007/s00792-014-0657-6

Production and Early Preservation of Lipid Biomarkers in Iron Hot Springs

Parenteau, M. N., Jahnke, L. L., Farmer, J. D., & Cady, S. L. (2014). Astrobiology, 14(6), 502–521. doi:10.1089/ast.2013.1122

Evolution of the ribosome at atomic resolution

Petrov, A. S., Bernier, C. R., Hsiao, C., Norris, A. M., Kovacs, N. A., Waterbury, C. C., … Stepanov, V. G. (2014). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(28), 10251–10256. doi:10.1073/pnas.1407205111

Terrestrial Planet Formation at Home and Abroad

Raymond, S. N., Kokubo, E., Morbidelli, A., Morishima, R., & Walsh, K. J. (2014). Protostars and Planets VI. doi:10.2458/azu_uapress_9780816531240-ch026

Random mixtures of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon spectra match interstellar infrared emission

Rosenberg, M. J. F., Berné, O., & Boersma, C. (2014). A&A, 566(None), L4. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201423953