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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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March 2016UNIFIED MICROSCOPIC–MACROSCOPIC MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS OF COMPLEX ORGANIC MOLECULE CHEMISTRY IN COLD CORES

Chang, Q., & Herbst, E. (2016). UNIFIED MICROSCOPIC–MACROSCOPIC MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS OF COMPLEX ORGANIC MOLECULE CHEMISTRY IN COLD CORES. The Astrophysical Journal, 819(2), 145. doi:10.3847/0004-637x/819/2/145

Small molecule-mediated duplex formation of nucleic acids with ‘incompatible’ backbones

Cafferty, B. J., Musetti, C., Kim, K., Horowitz, E. D., Krishnamurthy, R., & Hud, N. V. (2016). Small molecule-mediated duplex formation of nucleic acids with ‘incompatible’ backbones. Chem. Commun., 52(31), 5436–5439. doi:10.1039/c6cc00779a

Improved High-Quality Draft Genome Sequence of the Eurypsychrophile Rhodotorula sp. JG1b, Isolated from Permafrost in the Hyperarid Upper-Elevation McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Goordial, J., Raymond-Bouchard, I., Riley, R., Ronholm, J., Shapiro, N., Woyke, T., … LaButti, K. M. (2016). Genome Announc., 4(2), e00069–16. doi:10.1128/genomea.00069-16

Collaboration between primitive cell membranes and soluble catalysts

Adamala, K. P., Engelhart, A. E., & Szostak, J. W. (2016). Collaboration between primitive cell membranes and soluble catalysts. Nature Communications, 7(1), None. doi:10.1038/ncomms11041

Oxygen isotope perspective on crustal evolution on early Earth: A record of Precambrian shales with emphasis on Paleoproterozoic glaciations and Great Oxygenation Event

Bindeman, I. N., Bekker, A., & Zakharov, D. O. (2016). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 437(None), 101–113. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.12.029

Non-detection of C60 fullerene at two mass extinction horizons

Carrasquillo, A. J., Cao, C., Erwin, D. H., & Summons, R. E. (2016). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 176(None), 18–25. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.12.017

Why did life develop on the surface of the Earth in the Cambrian?

Doglioni, C., Pignatti, J., & Coleman, M. (2016). Geoscience Frontiers. doi:10.1016/j.gsf.2016.02.001

Origins of multicellular complexity: Volvox and the volvocine algae

Herron, M. D. (2016). Mol Ecol, 25(6), 1213–1223. doi:10.1111/mec.13551

The ‘Tully monster’ is a vertebrate

McCoy, V. E., Saupe, E. E., Lamsdell, J. C., Tarhan, L. G., McMahon, S., Lidgard, S., … Mayer, P. (2016). Nature, 532(7600), 496–499. doi:10.1038/nature16992

Chromium isotope fractionation during subduction-related metamorphism, black shale weathering, and hydrothermal alteration

Wang, X., Planavsky, N. J., Reinhard, C. T., Zou, H., Ague, J. J., Wu, Y., … Gill, B. C. (2016). Chemical Geology, 423(None), 19–33. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.01.003

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