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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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December 2012Heavily metamorphosed clasts from the CV chondrite breccias Mokoia and Yamato-86009

Jogo, K., Nagashima, K., Hutcheon, I. D., Krot, A. N., & Nakamura, T. (2012). Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 47(12), 2251–2268. doi:10.1111/maps.12042

P/2010 A2 LINEAR

Kleyna, J., Hainaut, O. R., & Meech, K. J. (2012). A&A, 549(None), A13. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201118428

Speciation of l -DOPA on Nanorutile as a Function of pH and Surface Coverage Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)

Lee, N., Hummer, D. R., Sverjensky, D. A., Rajh, T., Hazen, R. M., Steele, A., & Cody, G. D. (2012). Langmuir, 28(50), 17322–17330. doi:10.1021/la303607a

VERY-LOW-MASS STELLAR AND SUBSTELLAR COMPANIONS TO SOLAR-LIKE STARS FROM MARVELS. III. A SHORT-PERIOD BROWN DWARF CANDIDATE AROUND AN ACTIVE G0IV SUBGIANT

Ma, B., Ge, J., Barnes, R., Crepp, J. R., De Lee, N., Dutra-Ferreira, L., … Esposito, M. (2012). The Astronomical Journal, 145(1), 20. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/145/1/20

Ecosystem variability and early human habitats in eastern Africa

Magill, C. R., Ashley, G. M., & Freeman, K. H. (2012). Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 110(4), 1167–1174. doi:10.1073/pnas.1206276110

Mini-Oort clouds: compact isotropic planetesimal clouds from planet-planet scattering

Raymond, S. N., & Armitage, P. J. (2012). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 429(1), L99–L103. doi:10.1093/mnrasl/sls033

Formation of the widest binary stars from dynamical unfolding of triple systems

Reipurth, B., & Mikkola, S. (2012). Nature, 492(7428), 221–224. doi:10.1038/nature11662

Bioavailability of zinc in marine systems through time

Scott, C., Planavsky, N. J., Dupont, C. L., Kendall, B., Gill, B. C., Robbins, L. J., … Husband, K. F. (2012). Nature Geosci, 6(2), 125–128. doi:10.1038/ngeo1679

A ∼0.2-solar-mass protostar with a Keplerian disk in the very young L1527 IRS system

Tobin, J. J., Hartmann, L., Chiang, H-F., Wilner, D. J., Looney, L. W., Loinard, L., … Calvet, N. (2012). Nature, 492(7427), 83–85. doi:10.1038/nature11610

DISTANCE AND KINEMATICS OF THE TW HYDRAE ASSOCIATION FROM PARALLAXES

Weinberger, A. J., Anglada-Escudé, G., & Boss, A. P. (2012). The Astrophysical Journal, 762(2), 118. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/762/2/118

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