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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 2010Bidentate RNA-magnesium clamps: On the origin of the special role of magnesium in RNA folding

Petrov, A. S., Bowman, J. C., Harvey, S. C., & Williams, L. D. (2010). RNA, 17(2), 291–297. doi:10.1261/rna.2390311

GAS-GRAIN MODELING OF ISOCYANIC ACID (HNCO), CYANIC ACID (HOCN), FULMINIC ACID (HCNO), AND ISOFULMINIC ACID (HONC) IN ASSORTED INTERSTELLAR ENVIRONMENTS

Quan, D., Herbst, E., Osamura, Y., & Roueff, E. (2010). The Astrophysical Journal, 725(2), 2101–2109. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/725/2/2101

Modeling the complex dynamics of enzyme-pathway coevolution

Schütte, M., Skupin, A., Segrè, D., & Ebenhöh, O. (2010). Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 20(4), 045115. doi:10.1063/1.3530440

SEARCHING FOR YOUNG M DWARFS WITH GALEX

Shkolnik, E. L., Liu, M. C., Reid, I. N., Dupuy, T., & Weinberger, A. J. (2010). The Astrophysical Journal, 727(1), 6. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/727/1/6

A new look at the planet Mercury

Solomon, S. C. (2011). Physics Today, 64(1), 50. doi:10.1063/1.3541945

The incorporation of hydroxyl into zircon

Trail, D., Thomas, J. B., & Watson, E. B. (2010). American Mineralogist, 96(1), 60–67. doi:10.2138/am.2011.3506

THE ABSENCE OF COLD DUST AND THE MINERALOGY AND ORIGIN OF THE WARM DUST ENCIRCLING BD +20 307

Weinberger, A. J., Becklin, E. E., Song, I., & Zuckerman, B. (2010). The Astrophysical Journal, 726(2), 72. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/726/2/72

A Bacterium That Can Grow by Using Arsenic Instead of Phosphorus

Wolfe-Simon, F., Blum, J. S., Kulp, T. R., Gordon, G. W., Hoeft, S. E., Pett-Ridge, J., … Stolz, J. F. (2010). Science, 332(6034), 1163–1166. doi:10.1126/science.1197258

November 2010Prebiotic Synthesis of Methionine and Other Sulfur-Containing Organic Compounds on the Primitive Earth: A Contemporary Reassessment Based on an Unpublished 1958 Stanley Miller Experiment

Parker, E. T., Cleaves, H. J., Callahan, M. P., Dworkin, J. P., Glavin, D. P., Lazcano, A., & Bada, J. L. (2010). Prebiotic Synthesis of Methionine and Other Sulfur-Containing Organic Compounds on the Primitive Earth: A Contemporary Reassessment Based on an Unpublished 1958 Stanley Miller Experiment. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 41(3), 201–212. doi:10.1007/s11084-010-9228-8

Lipid biomarkers in Hamelin Pool microbial mats and stromatolites

Allen, M. A., Neilan, B. A., Burns, B. P., Jahnke, L. L., & Summons, R. E. (2010). Organic Geochemistry, 41(11), 1207–1218. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2010.07.007

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