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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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January 2016AN INFRARED SEARCH FOR HDO IN COMET D/2012 S1 (ISON) AND IMPLICATIONS FOR iSHELL

Gibb, E. L., Bonev, B. P., DiSanti, M. A., Villanueva, G. L., Paganini, L., & Mumma, M. J. (2016). The Astrophysical Journal, 816(2), 101. doi:10.3847/0004-637x/816/2/101

The MASCOT Magnetometer

Herčík, D., Auster, H-U., Blum, J., FornaçOn, K-H., Fujimoto, M., Gebauer, K., … Glassmeier, K-H. (2016). The MASCOT Magnetometer. Space Science Reviews, 208(1-4), 433–449. doi:10.1007/s11214-016-0236-5

The origin of amino acids in lunar regolith samples

Elsila, J. E., Callahan, M. P., Dworkin, J. P., Glavin, D. P., McLain, H. L., Noble, S. K., & Gibson, E. K. (2016). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 172(None), 357–369. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.10.008

Effect of a synchrotron X-ray microtomography imaging experiment on the amino acid content of a CM chondrite

Friedrich, J. M., Glavin, D. P., Rivers, M. L., & Dworkin, J. P. (2016). Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 51(2), 429–437. doi:10.1111/maps.12595

Nearing the cold-arid limits of microbial life in permafrost of an upper dry valley, Antarctica

Goordial, J., Davila, A., Lacelle, D., Pollard, W., Marinova, M. M., Greer, C. W., … DiRuggiero, J. (2016). ISME J. doi:10.1038/ismej.2015.239

Distribution of cold adaptation proteins in microbial mats in Lake Joyce, Antarctica: Analysis of metagenomic data by using two bioinformatics tools

Koo, H., Hakim, J. A., Fisher, P. R. E., Grueneberg, A., Andersen, D. T., & Bej, A. K. (2016). Journal of Microbiological Methods, 120(None), 23–28. doi:10.1016/j.mimet.2015.11.008

Draft Genome Sequence of Janthinobacterium sp. Ant5-2-1, Isolated from Proglacial Lake Podprudnoye in the Schirmacher Oasis of East Antarctica

Koo, H., Strope, B. M., Kim, E. H., Shabani, A. M., Kumar, R., Crowley, M. R., … Andersen, D. T. (2016). Genome Announc., 4(1), e01600–15. doi:10.1128/genomea.01600-15

A MULTIPLE SCATTERING POLARIZED RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL: APPLICATION TO HD 189733b

Kopparla, P., Natraj, V., Zhang, X., Swain, M. R., Wiktorowicz, S. J., & Yung, Y. L. (2016). The Astrophysical Journal, 817(1), 32. doi:10.3847/0004-637x/817/1/32

On Detecting Biospheres from Chemical Thermodynamic Disequilibrium in Planetary Atmospheres

Krissansen-Totton, J., Bergsman, D. S., & Catling, D. C. (2016). Astrobiology, 16(1), 39–67. doi:10.1089/ast.2015.1327

IS THE PALE BLUE DOT UNIQUE? OPTIMIZED PHOTOMETRIC BANDS FOR IDENTIFYING EARTH-LIKE EXOPLANETS

Krissansen-Totton, J., Schwieterman, E. W., Charnay, B., Arney, G., Robinson, T. D., Meadows, V., & Catling, D. C. (2016). The Astrophysical Journal, 817(1), 31. doi:10.3847/0004-637x/817/1/31

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