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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Veras, D., & Raymond, S. N. (2012). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 421(1), L117–L121. doi:10.1111/j.1745-3933.2012.01218.x

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Villanueva, G. L., DiSanti, M. A., Mumma, M. J., & Xu, L-H. (2012). The Astrophysical Journal, 747(1), 37. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/747/1/37

Water in planetary and cometary atmospheres: H2O/HDO transmittance and fluorescence models

Villanueva, G. L., Mumma, M. J., Bonev, B. P., Novak, R. E., Barber, R. J., & DiSanti, M. A. (2012). Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 113(3), 202–220. doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2011.11.001

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Zhao, M., Milburn, J., Barman, T., Hinkley, S., Swain, M. R., Wright, J., & Monnier, J. D. (2012). The Astrophysical Journal, 748(1), L8. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/748/1/l8

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Borucki, W. J., Koch, D. G., Batalha, N., Bryson, S. T., Rowe, J., Fressin, F., … Torres, G. (2012). The Astrophysical Journal, 745(2), 120. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/745/2/120

The development of the Space Environment Viability of Organics (SEVO) experiment aboard the Organism/Organic Exposure to Orbital Stresses (O/OREOS) satellite

Bramall, N. E., Quinn, R., Mattioda, A., Bryson, K., Chittenden, J. D., Cook, A., … Taylor, C. (2012). Planetary and Space Science, 60(1), 121–130. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2011.06.014

Metagenomic Evidence for H2 Oxidation and H2 Production by Serpentinite-Hosted Subsurface Microbial Communities

Brazelton, W. J., Nelson, B., & Schrenk, M. O. (2012). Frontiers in Microbiology, 2(None), None. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2011.00268

Oxygen in the Outer Solar System

Cooper, P. D. (2012). Journal of Chemical Education, 89(2), 181–182. doi:10.1021/ed200013q

Toward a global space exploration program: A stepping stone approach

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