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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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September 2015Astrobiology and the Possibility of Life on Earth and Elsewhere…

Cottin, H., Kotler, J. M., Bartik, K., Cleaves, H. J., Cockell, C. S., De Vera, J-P., … Westall, F. (2015). Astrobiology and the Possibility of Life on Earth and Elsewhere…. Space Science Reviews. doi:10.1007/s11214-015-0196-1

Did the martian outflow channels mostly form during the Amazonian Period?

Rodriguez, J. A. P., Platz, T., Gulick, V., Baker, V. R., Fairén, A. G., Kargel, J., … Glines, N. (2015). Did the martian outflow channels mostly form during the Amazonian Period? Icarus, 257, 387–395. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.04.024

EMERGENCE OF LIFE AND ITS EARLY HISTORY

Russell, M. (2015). EMERGENCE OF LIFE AND ITS EARLY HISTORY. Ehrlich’s Geomicrobiology, Sixth Edition, None, 19–54. doi:10.1201/b19121-4

A new approach to ancient microorganisms: taxonomy, paleoecology, and biostratigraphy of the Lower Cambrian Berkuta and Chulaktau microbiotas of South Kazakhstan

Schopf, J. W., Sergeev, V. N., & Kudryavtsev, A. B. (2015). A new approach to ancient microorganisms: taxonomy, paleoecology, and biostratigraphy of the Lower Cambrian Berkuta and Chulaktau microbiotas of South Kazakhstan. Journal of Paleontology, 89(05), 695–729. doi:10.1017/jpa.2015.56

Real-Time Orbital Image Analysis Using Decision Forests, with a Deployment Onboard the IPEX Spacecraft

Altinok, A., Thompson, D. R., Bornstein, B., Chien, S. A., Doubleday, J., & Bellardo, J. (2015). J. Field Robotics, 33(2), 187–204. doi:10.1002/rob.21627

Improved-high-quality draft genome sequence of Rhodococcus sp. JG-3, a eurypsychrophilic Actinobacteria from Antarctic Dry Valley permafrost

Goordial, J., Raymond-Bouchard, I., Ronholm, J., Shapiro, N., Woyke, T., Whyte, L., & Bakermans, C. (2015). Stand in Genomic Sci, 10(1), None. doi:10.1186/s40793-015-0043-8

Electrostatic Localization of RNA to Protocell Membranes by Cationic Hydrophobic Peptides

Kamat, N. P., Tobé, S., Hill, I. T., & Szostak, J. W. (2015). Angew. Chem., 127(40), 11901–11905. doi:10.1002/ange.201505742

Testing the early Mars H2–CO2 greenhouse hypothesis with a 1-D photochemical model

Batalha, N., Domagal-Goldman, S. D., Ramirez, R., & Kasting, J. F. (2015). Icarus, 258(None), 337–349. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.06.016

Astrobiology and the Possibility of Life on Earth and Elsewhere…

Cottin, H., Kotler, J. M., Bartik, K., Cleaves, H. J., Cockell, C. S., De Vera, J-P., … Ehrenfreund, P. (2015). Space Sci Rev. doi:10.1007/s11214-015-0196-1

The Phanerozoic diversification of silica-cycling testate amoebae and its possible links to changes in terrestrial ecosystems

Lahr, D. J. G., Bosak, T., Lara, E., & Mitchell, E. A. D. (2015). PeerJ, 3(None), e1234. doi:10.7717/peerj.1234