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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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April 2010 THE MASS OF HD 38529c FROM HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE ASTROMETRY AND HIGH-PRECISION RADIAL VELOCITIES

Benedict, G. F., McArthur, B. E., Bean, J. L., Barnes, R., Harrison, T. E., Hatzes, A., … Martioli, E. (2010). The Astronomical Journal, 139(5), 1844–1856. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/139/5/1844

HD 101088, AN ACCRETING 14 AU BINARY IN LOWER CENTAURUS CRUX WITH VERY LITTLE CIRCUMSTELLAR DUST

Bitner, M. A., Chen, C. H., Muzerolle, J., Weinberger, A. J., Pecaut, M., Mamajek, E. E., & McLure, M. K. (2010). The Astrophysical Journal, 714(2), 1542–1546. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/714/2/1542

Methanogenesis in subglacial sediments

Boyd, E. S., Skidmore, M., Mitchell, A. C., Bakermans, C., & Peters, J. W. (2010). Environmental Microbiology Reports, 2(5), 685–692. doi:10.1111/j.1758-2229.2010.00162.x

Multiple scales of diversification within natural populations of archaea in hydrothermal chimney biofilms

Brazelton, W. J., Sogin, M. L., & Baross, J. A. (2010). Environmental Microbiology Reports, 2(2), 236–242. doi:10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00097.x

High isotope fractionations during sulfate reduction in a low-sulfate euxinic ocean analog

Canfield, D. E., Farquhar, J., & Zerkle, A. L. (2010). Geology, 38(5), 415–418. doi:10.1130/g30723.1

Adsorption of Nucleic Acid Components on Rutile (TiO 2 ) Surfaces

Cleaves, H. J., Jonsson, C. M., Jonsson, C. L., Sverjensky, D. A., & Hazen, R. M. (2010). Astrobiology, 10(3), 311–323. doi:10.1089/ast.2009.0397

The origin of the biologically coded amino acids

Cleaves II, H. J. (2010). Journal of Theoretical Biology, 263(4), 490–498. doi:10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.12.014

Using Time-Structured Data to Estimate Evolutionary Rates of Double-Stranded DNA Viruses

Firth, C., Kitchen, A., Shapiro, B., Suchard, M. A., Holmes, E. C., & Rambaut, A. (2010). Molecular Biology and Evolution, 27(9), 2038–2051. doi:10.1093/molbev/msq088

The evolution and functional repertoire of translation proteins following the origin of life

Goldman, A. D., Samudrala, R., & Baross, J. A. (2010). Biol Direct, 5(1), 15. doi:10.1186/1745-6150-5-15

THE LICK-CARNEGIE EXOPLANET SURVEY: A SATURN-MASS PLANET IN THE HABITABLE ZONE OF THE NEARBY M4V STAR HIP 57050

Haghighipour, N., Vogt, S. S., Paul Butler, R., Rivera, E. J., Laughlin, G., Meschiari, S., & Henry, G. W. (2010). The Astrophysical Journal, 715(1), 271–276. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/715/1/271

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