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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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July 2010Synergistic Roles of Microorganisms in Mineral Precipitates Associated with Deep Sea Methane Seeps

Xu, H. (2010). Synergistic Roles of Microorganisms in Mineral Precipitates Associated with Deep Sea Methane Seeps. Geomicrobiology: Molecular and Environmental Perspective, None, 325–346. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-9204-5_15

The Ongoing Mystery of Sea-Floor Methane

Alperin, M., & Hoehler, T. (2010). Science, 329(5989), 288–289. doi:10.1126/science.1189966

Cold DUst around NEarby Stars (DUNES). First results

Eiroa, C., Fedele, D., Maldonado, J., González-GarcíA, B. M., Rodmann, J., Heras, A. M., … Pilbratt, G. L. (2010). A&A, 518(None), L131. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201014594

DISCOVERY OF A LOW-MASS COMPANION TO A METAL-RICH F STAR WITH THE MARVELS PILOT PROJECT

Fleming, S. W., Ge, J., Mahadevan, S., Lee, B., Eastman, J. D., Siverd, R. J., … Scott Gaudi, B. (2010). The Astrophysical Journal, 718(2), 1186–1199. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/718/2/1186

De novo enzymes: from computational design to mRNA display

Golynskiy, M. V., & Seelig, B. (2010). Trends in Biotechnology, 28(7), 340–345. doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2010.04.003

Effects of a radially varying electrical conductivity on 3D numerical dynamos

Gómez-Pérez, N., Heimpel, M., & Wicht, J. (2010). Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 181(1-2), 42–53. doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2010.03.006

Innumerable globes like this one?

Hoehler, T. M. (2010). Nature Geosci, 3(7), 447–447. doi:10.1038/ngeo900

The roles of tidal evolution and evaporative mass loss in the origin of CoRoT-7 b

Jackson, B., Miller, N., Barnes, R., Raymond, S. N., Fortney, J. J., & Greenberg, R. (2010). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 407(2), 910–922. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17012.x

Community Structure of Subsurface Biofilms in the Thermal Sulfidic Caves of Acquasanta Terme, Italy

Jones, D. S., Tobler, D. J., Schaperdoth, I., Mainiero, M., & Macalady, J. L. (2010). Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 76(17), 5902–5910. doi:10.1128/aem.00647-10

The ‘soot line’: Destruction of presolar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the terrestrial planet-forming region of disks

Kress, M. E., Tielens, A. G. G. M., & Frenklach, M. (2010). Advances in Space Research, 46(1), 44–49. doi:10.1016/j.asr.2010.02.004

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