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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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August 2025A Large Outburst, Coma Asymmetries, and the Color of Comet 243P/NEAT

Kelley, M. S. P., Protopapa, S., Bodewits, D., Heinze, A. N., Moulane, Y., Ye 叶, Q. 泉., … Bin 彬 Yang, 杨. (2025). A Large Outburst, Coma Asymmetries, and the Color of Comet 243P/NEAT. The Planetary Science Journal, 6(8), 185. doi:10.3847/psj/ade5ac

Detection of New Auroral Emissions at Io and Implications for Its Interaction with the Plasma Torus

Milby, Z., De Kleer, K., & Schmidt, C. (2025). Detection of New Auroral Emissions at Io and Implications for Its Interaction with the Plasma Torus. The Planetary Science Journal, 6(8), 181. doi:10.3847/psj/ade0b1

On the emergence of metabolism: the evolution of proteins that powered life

Nanda, V., Siess, J., Jagilinki, B. P., Hazen, R. M., Kamerlin, S. C. L., Koder, R., … Falkowski, P. (2025). On the emergence of metabolism: the evolution of proteins that powered life. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 380(1931), None. doi:10.1098/rstb.2024.0090

Constraints of Prebiotic Phosphorus Reactions Within Enceladus Hydrothermal Systems

Dzurilla, K. A., Pasek, M. A., & Barge, L. M. (2025). Constraints of Prebiotic Phosphorus Reactions Within Enceladus Hydrothermal Systems. ChemSystemsChem. doi:10.1002/syst.202500029

Scales of Martian Crustal Magnetization Constrained by MAVEN, InSight, and Zhurong

Romeo, O. M., Manga, M., Lillis, R. J., & Mittelholz, A. (2025). Scales of Martian Crustal Magnetization Constrained by MAVEN, InSight, and Zhurong. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 130(8), None. doi:10.1029/2025je008986

Investigations of the Sinus Aestuum DMD: An Anomalously Large and Compositionally Distinct Lunar Pyroclastic Deposit

Sikes, C. T., Sunshine, J. M., & Newcombe, M. E. (2025). Investigations of the Sinus Aestuum DMD: An Anomalously Large and Compositionally Distinct Lunar Pyroclastic Deposit. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 130(9), None. doi:10.1029/2024je008919

Simulating the (99942) Apophis Earth Flyby Using a Contact Binary Model

Wang, H-S., Sánchez, P., & Scheeres, D. J. (2025). Simulating the (99942) Apophis Earth Flyby Using a Contact Binary Model. The Planetary Science Journal, 6(8), 202. doi:10.3847/psj/adf73f

Draft genome of co-cultured Melainabacteria sp. 17Bon1m

Abresch, H., Miller, S. Bick, K., Miller, S. (2024) Draft genome of co-cultured Melainabacteria sp. 17Bon1m. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 13(2). doi: 10.1128/mra.01002-23

Genetic Predisposition Toward Multicellularity in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Chen, C.K., Khatri, S., Herron, M.D., Rosenzweig, F. (2025) Genetic Predisposition Toward Multicellularity in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Genome Biology and Evolution, 17(6). ,doi: 10.1093/gbe/evaf090

Emergence of a multilocus mutator genotype in mutator Escherichia coli experimental populations under repeated lethal selection

Elgrail, M.M., Sprouffske, K., Dartey, J.O., Garcia, A.M. (2024) Emergence of a multilocus mutator genotype in mutator Escherichia coli experimental populations under repeated lethal selection. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 37(3), 346-352. doi: 10.1093/jeb/voae007

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