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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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February 2014Canopy Flow Analysis Reveals the Advantage of Size in the Oldest Communities of Multicellular Eukaryotes

Ghisalberti, M., Gold, D. A., Laflamme, M., Clapham, M. E., Narbonne, G. M., Summons, R. E., … Johnston, D. T. (2014). Current Biology, 24(3), 305–309. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2013.12.017

Experimental formation of geomacromolecules from microbial lipids

Gupta, N. S., Steele, A., Fogel, M., Griffin, P., Adams, M., Summons, R. E., … Yang, H. (2014). Organic Geochemistry, 67(None), 35–40. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2013.11.006

The Origin of Life

Hedges, S. B. (n.d.). Oxford Bibliographies Online Datasets. doi:10.1093/obo/9780199941728-0045

THz and mid-IR spectroscopy of interstellar ice analogs: methyl and carboxylic acid groups

Ioppolo, S., McGuire, B. A., Allodi, M. A., & Blake, G. A. (2014). Faraday Discussions, 168(None), 461. doi:10.1039/c3fd00154g

Evidence of martian perchlorate, chlorate, and nitrate in Mars meteorite EETA79001: Implications for oxidants and organics

Kounaves, S. P., Carrier, B. L., O’Neil, G. D., Stroble, S. T., & Claire, M. W. (2014). Icarus, 229(None), 206–213. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2013.11.012

Fermentation couples Chloroflexi and sulfate-reducing bacteria to Cyanobacteria in hypersaline microbial mats

Lee, J. Z., Burow, L. C., Woebken, D., Everroad, R. C., Kubo, M. D., Spormann, A. M., … Weber, P. K. (2014). Frontiers in Microbiology, 5(None), None. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2014.00061

A SYSTEMATIC RETRIEVAL ANALYSIS OF SECONDARY ECLIPSE SPECTRA. II. A UNIFORM ANALYSIS OF NINE PLANETS AND THEIR C TO O RATIOS

Line, M. R., Knutson, H., Wolf, A. S., & Yung, Y. L. (2014). The Astrophysical Journal, 783(2), 70. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/783/2/70

NEAR-IR DIRECT DETECTION OF WATER VAPOR IN TAU BOÖTIS b

Lockwood, A. C., Johnson, J. A., Bender, C. F., Carr, J. S., Barman, T., Richert, A. J. W., & Blake, G. A. (2014). The Astrophysical Journal, 783(2), L29. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/783/2/l29

Sulfur-bearing phases detected by evolved gas analysis of the Rocknest aeolian deposit, Gale Crater, Mars

McAdam, A. C., Franz, H. B., Sutter, B., Archer, P. D., Freissinet, C., Eigenbrode, J. L., … Ming, D. W. (2014). Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 119(2), 373–393. doi:10.1002/2013je004518

Sulfur-bearing phases detected by evolved gas analysis of the Rocknest aeolian deposit, Gale Crater, Mars

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