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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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August 2010Age, Composition and Thermal Characteristics of South African Off-Craton Mantle Lithosphere: Evidence for a Multi-Stage History

Janney, P. E., Shirey, S. B., Carlson, R. W., Pearson, D. G., Bell, D. R., Le Roex, A. P., … Ishikawa, A. (2010). Journal of Petrology, 51(9), 1849–1890. doi:10.1093/petrology/egq041

Size and Crystallinity in Protein-Templated Inorganic Nanoparticles

Jolley, C. C., Uchida, M., Reichhardt, C., Harrington, R., Kang, S., Klem, M. T., … Parise, J. B. (2010). Chem. Mater., 22(16), 4612–4618. doi:10.1021/cm100657w

Homochiral Selectivity in RNA Synthesis: Montmorillonite-catalyzed Quaternary Reactions of D, L-Purine with D, L- Pyrimidine Nucleotides

Joshi, P. C., Aldersley, M. F., & Ferris, J. P. (2010). Orig Life Evol Biosph, 41(3), 213–236. doi:10.1007/s11084-010-9222-1

Pervasive oxygenation along late Archaean ocean margins

Kendall, B., Reinhard, C. T., Lyons, T. W., Kaufman, A. J., Poulton, S. W., & Anbar, A. D. (2010). Nature Geosci, 3(9), 647–652. doi:10.1038/ngeo942

In situ sulfur isotope analysis of sulfide minerals by SIMS: Precision and accuracy, with application to thermometry of ∼3.5Ga Pilbara cherts

Kozdon, R., Kita, N. T., Huberty, J. M., Fournelle, J. H., Johnson, C. A., & Valley, J. W. (2010). Chemical Geology, 275(3-4), 243–253. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.05.015

Microbial biofilms and the preservation of the Ediacara biota

Laflamme, M., Schiffbauer, J. D., Narbonne, G. M., & Briggs, D. E. G. (2010). Lethaia, 44(2), 203–213. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.2010.00235.x

Nuclear, chemical and biological characterization of formation histories of ironstones from several sites in Southern California: Dominant role of bacterial activity

Lal, D., Schopf, J. W., Abbott, P. L., Vacher, L., Jull, A. J. T., & McHargue, L. (2010). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 296(3-4), 227–234. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.05.002

Possible animal-body fossils in pre-Marinoan limestones from South Australia

Maloof, A. C., Rose, C. V., Beach, R., Samuels, B. M., Calmet, C. C., Erwin, D. H., … Poirier, G. R. (2010). Nature Geosci, 3(9), 653–659. doi:10.1038/ngeo934

Detection of structurally bound hydroxyl in fluorapatite from Apollo Mare basalt 15058,128 using TOF-SIMS

McCubbin, F. M., Steele, A., Nekvasil, H., Schnieders, A., Rose, T., Fries, M., … Carpenter, P. K. (2010). American Mineralogist, 95(8-9), 1141–1150. doi:10.2138/am.2010.3448

A spectroscopic comparison of HED meteorites and V-type asteroids in the inner Main Belt

Moskovitz, N. A., Willman, M., Burbine, T. H., Binzel, R. P., & Bus, S. J. (2010). Icarus, 208(2), 773–788. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2010.03.002

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