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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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December 2011The global distribution of pyroclastic deposits on Mercury: The view from MESSENGER flybys 1–3

Kerber, L., Head, J. W., Blewett, D. T., Solomon, S. C., Wilson, L., Murchie, S. L., … Robinson, M. S. (2011). Planetary and Space Science, 59(15), 1895–1909. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2011.03.020

Ancient DNA confirms a local origin of domesticated chenopod in eastern North America

Kistler, L., & Shapiro, B. (2011). Journal of Archaeological Science, 38(12), 3549–3554. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2011.08.023

Isotopic Evidence for Massive Oxidation of Organic Matter Following the Great Oxidation Event

Kump, L. R., Junium, C., Arthur, M. A., Brasier, A., Fallick, A., Melezhik, V., … Lepland, A. (2011). Science, 334(6063), 1694–1696. doi:10.1126/science.1213999

Case Study: Ancient DNA Recovered from Pleistocene-Age Remains of a Florida Armadillo

Letts, B., & Shapiro, B. (2011). Ancient DNA, None(None), 87–92. doi:10.1007/978-1-61779-516-9_12

DIVISION III: PLANETARY SYSTEMS SCIENCES

Meech, K., Valsecchi, G., Bowell, E. L., Bockelee-Morvan, D., Boss, A., Cellino, A., … Consolmagno, G. (2011). Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 7(T28A), 125–137. doi:10.1017/s1743921312002700

Iron-Sulfide-Bearing Chimneys as Potential Catalytic Energy Traps at Life's Emergence

Mielke, R. E., Robinson, K. J., White, L. M., McGlynn, S. E., McEachern, K., Bhartia, R., … Kanik, I. (2011). Astrobiology, 11(10), 933–950. doi:10.1089/ast.2011.0667

Equilibrium-kinetic model of water-rock interaction

Mironenko, M. V., & Zolotov, M. Y. (2011). Geochemistry International, 50(1), 1–7. doi:10.1134/s0016702912010089

The O/OREOS Mission: First Science Data from the Space Environment Survivability of Living Organisms (SESLO) Payload

Nicholson, W. L., Ricco, A. J., Agasid, E., Beasley, C., Diaz-Aguado, M., Ehrenfreund, P., … Friedericks, C. (2011). Astrobiology, 11(10), 951–958. doi:10.1089/ast.2011.0714

Radius and limb topography of Mercury obtained from images acquired during the MESSENGER flybys

Oberst, J., Elgner, S., Turner, F. S., Perry, M. E., Gaskell, R. W., Zuber, M. T., … Robinson, M. S. (2011). Planetary and Space Science, 59(15), 1918–1924. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2011.07.003

Explosive eruption of coal and basalt and the end-Permian mass extinction

Ogden, D. E., & Sleep, N. H. (2011). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109(1), 59–62. doi:10.1073/pnas.1118675109

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