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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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May 2012THE DYNAMICAL MASS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL ORBIT OF HR7672B: A BENCHMARK BROWN DWARF WITH HIGH ECCENTRICITY

Crepp, J. R., Johnson, J. A., Fischer, D. A., Howard, A. W., Marcy, G. W., Wright, J. T., … Isaacson, H. (2012). The Astrophysical Journal, 751(2), 97. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/751/2/97

Improving the performance of True Single Molecule Sequencing for ancient DNA

Ginolhac, A., Vilstrup, J., Stenderup, J., Rasmussen, M., Stiller, M., Shapiro, B., … Zazula, G. (2012). BMC Genomics, 13(1), 177. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-13-177

Assessing researcher interdisciplinarity: a case study of the University of Hawaii NASA Astrobiology Institute

Gowanlock, M., & Gazan, R. (2012). Scientometrics, 94(1), 133–161. doi:10.1007/s11192-012-0765-y

Structural Investigation of HCN Polymer Isotopomers by Solution-State Multidimensional NMR

He, C., Lin, G., Upton, K. T., Imanaka, H., & Smith, M. A. (2012). The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 116(19), 4751–4759. doi:10.1021/jp301604f

Structural Investigation of Titan Tholins by Solution-State 1 H, 13 C, and 15 N NMR: One-Dimensional and Decoupling Experiments

He, C., Lin, G., Upton, K. T., Imanaka, H., & Smith, M. A. (2012). The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 116(19), 4760–4767. doi:10.1021/jp3016062

Rocky exoplanet characterization and atmospheres

Kaltenegger, L., Miguel, Y., & Rugheimer, S. (2012). International Journal of Astrobiology, 11(04), 297–307. doi:10.1017/s1473550412000134

Evidence for a redox stratified Cryogenian marine basin, Datangpo Formation, South China

Li, C., Love, G. D., Lyons, T. W., Scott, C. T., Feng, L., Huang, J., … Chang, H. (2012). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 331-332(None), 246–256. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2012.03.018

Inorganic chemistry, gas compositions and dissolved organic carbon in fluids from sedimented young basaltic crust on the Juan de Fuca Ridge flanks

Lin, H-T., Cowen, J. P., Olson, E. J., Amend, J. P., & Lilley, M. D. (2012). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 85(None), 213–227. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2012.02.017

Sound velocities of hydrous ringwoodite to 16GPa and 673K

Mao, Z., Lin, J-F., Jacobsen, S. D., Duffy, T. S., Chang, Y-Y., Smyth, J. R., … Frost, D. J. (2012). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 331-332(None), 112–119. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2012.03.001

Peptide and RNA contributions to iron-sulphur chemical gardens as life's first inorganic compartments, catalysts, capacitors and condensers

McGlynn, S. E., Kanik, I., & Russell, M. J. (2012). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 370(1969), 3007–3022. doi:10.1098/rsta.2011.0211

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