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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 2013GROUND-BASED INFRARED DETECTIONS OF CO IN THE CENTAUR-COMET 29P/SCHWASSMANN-WACHMANN 1 AT 6.26 AU FROM THE SUN

Paganini, L., Mumma, M. J., Boehnhardt, H., DiSanti, M. A., Villanueva, G. L., Bonev, B. P., … Lippi, M. (2013). The Astrophysical Journal, 766(2), 100. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/766/2/100

GROUND-BASED INFRARED DETECTIONS OF CO IN THE CENTAUR-COMET 29P/SCHWASSMANN-WACHMANN 1 AT 6.26 AU FROM THE SUN

Paganini, L., Mumma, M. J., Boehnhardt, H., DiSanti, M. A., Villanueva, G. L., Bonev, B. P., … Lippi, M. (2013). The Astrophysical Journal, 766(2), 100. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/766/2/100

High-resolution infrared spectroscopic measurements of Comet 2P/Encke: Unusual organic composition and low rotational temperatures

Radeva, Y. L., Mumma, M. J., Villanueva, G. L., Bonev, B. P., DiSanti, M. A., A’Hearn, M. F., & Russo, N. D. (2013). Icarus, 223(1), 298–307. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2012.11.023

Proterozoic ocean redox and biogeochemical stasis

Reinhard, C. T., Planavsky, N. J., Robbins, L. J., Partin, C. A., Gill, B. C., Lalonde, S. V., … Bekker, A. (2013). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(14), 5357–5362. doi:10.1073/pnas.1208622110

THE INFRARED SPECTRA OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS WITH EXCESS PERIPHERAL H ATOMS (H n -PAHs) AND THEIR RELATION TO THE 3.4 AND 6.9 μm PAH EMISSION FEATURES

Sandford, S. A., Bernstein, M. P., & Materese, C. K. (2013). The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 205(1), 8. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/205/1/8

The modular respiratory complexes involved in hydrogen and sulfur metabolism by heterotrophic hyperthermophilic archaea and their evolutionary implications

Schut, G. J., Boyd, E. S., Peters, J. W., & Adams, M. W. W. (2013). FEMS Microbiol Rev, 37(2), 182–203. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6976.2012.00346.x

STEM investigation of exsolution lamellae and "c" reflections in Ca-rich dolomite from the Platteville Formation, western Wisconsin

Shen, Z., Konishi, H., Brown, P. E., & Xu, H. (2013). American Mineralogist, 98(4), 760–766. doi:10.2138/am.2013.4184

A sensitive search for organics (CH4, CH3OH, H2CO, C2H6, C2H2, C2H4), hydroperoxyl (HO2), nitrogen compounds (N2O, NH3, HCN) and chlorine species (HCl, CH3Cl) on Mars using ground-based high-resolution infrared spectroscopy

Villanueva, G. L., Mumma, M. J., Novak, R. E., Radeva, Y. L., Käufl, H. U., Smette, A., … Tokunaga, A. (2013). Icarus, 223(1), 11–27. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2012.11.013

ERRATUM: “DISTANCE AND KINEMATICS OF THE TW HYDRAE ASSOCIATION FROM PARALLAXES” (2013, ApJ, 762, 118)

Weinberger, A. J., Anglada-Escudé, G., & Boss, A. P. (2013). The Astrophysical Journal, 767(1), 96. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/767/1/96

Preservation and detection of microstructural and taxonomic correlations in the carbon isotopic compositions of individual Precambrian microfossils

Williford, K. H., Ushikubo, T., Schopf, J. W., Lepot, K., Kitajima, K., & Valley, J. W. (2013). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 104(None), 165–182. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2012.11.005

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