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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 2010LABORATORY STUDIES ON THE FORMATION OF FORMIC ACID (HCOOH) IN INTERSTELLAR AND COMETARY ICES

Bennett, C. J., Hama, T., Kim, Y. S., Kawasaki, M., & Kaiser, R. I. (2010). The Astrophysical Journal, 727(1), 27. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/727/1/27

SWIFT -UVOT GRISM SPECTROSCOPY OF COMETS: A FIRST APPLICATION TO C/2007 N3 (LULIN)

Bodewits, D., Villanueva, G. L., Mumma, M. J., Landsman, W. B., Carter, J. A., & Read, A. M. (2010). The Astronomical Journal, 141(1), 12. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/141/1/12

Stochastic Late Accretion to Earth, the Moon, and Mars

Bottke, W. F., Walker, R. J., Day, J. M. D., Nesvorny, D., & Elkins-Tanton, L. (2010). Science, 330(6010), 1527–1530. doi:10.1126/science.1196874

Photochemistry of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in cosmic water ice

Bouwman, J., Mattioda, A. L., Linnartz, H., & Allamandola, L. J. (2010). A&A, 525(None), A93. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201015059

Temperature and pH controls on glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraether lipid composition in the hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon Acidilobus sulfurireducens

Boyd, E. S., Pearson, A., Pi, Y., Li, W-J., Zhang, Y. G., He, L., … Zhang, C. L. (2010). Extremophiles, 15(1), 59–65. doi:10.1007/s00792-010-0339-y

A SURVEY OF DIFFUSE INTERSTELLAR BANDS IN THE ANDROMEDA GALAXY: OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY OF M31 OB STARS

Cordiner, M. A., Cox, N. L. J., Evans, C. J., Trundle, C., Smith, K. T., Sarre, P. J., & Gordon, K. D. (2010). The Astrophysical Journal, 726(1), 39. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/726/1/39

Identification of Diazotrophic Microorganisms in Marine Sediment via Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization Coupled to Nanoscale Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (FISH-NanoSIMS)

Dekas, A. E., & Orphan, V. J. (2011). Methods in Enzymology, None(None), 281–305. doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-381294-0.00012-2

Molybdenum isotope evidence for mild environmental oxygenation before the Great Oxidation Event

Duan, Y., Anbar, A. D., Arnold, G. L., Lyons, T. W., Gordon, G. W., & Kendall, B. (2010). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74(23), 6655–6668. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2010.08.035

The chemical biology of methanogenesis

Ferry, J. G. (2010). Planetary and Space Science, 58(14-15), 1775–1783. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2010.08.014

In Vivo Assembly of an Archaeal Virus Studied with Whole-Cell Electron Cryotomography

Fu, C-Y., Wang, K., Gan, L., Lanman, J., Khayat, R., Young, M. J., … Jensen, G. J. (2010). Structure, 18(12), 1579–1586. doi:10.1016/j.str.2010.10.005

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