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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 2011Field reconnaissance geologic mapping of the Columbia Hills, Mars, based on Mars Exploration Rover Spirit and MRO HiRISE observations

Crumpler, L. S., Arvidson, R. E., Squyres, S. W., McCoy, T., Yingst, A., Ruff, S., … Farrand, W. (2011). Journal of Geophysical Research, 116(None), None. doi:10.1029/2010je003749

A 5 μm IMAGE OF β PICTORIS b AT A SUB-JUPITER PROJECTED SEPARATION: EVIDENCE FOR A MISALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE PLANET AND THE INNER, WARPED DISK

Currie, T., Thalmann, C., Matsumura, S., Madhusudhan, N., Burrows, A., & Kuchner, M. (2011). The Astrophysical Journal, 736(2), L33. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/736/2/l33

Novelties That Change Carrying Capacity

Erwin, D. H. (2011). J. Exp. Zool. (Mol. Dev. Evol.), 318(6), 460–465. doi:10.1002/jez.b.21429

Ecological drivers of the Ediacaran-Cambrian diversification of Metazoa

Erwin, D. H., & Tweedt, S. (2011). Evol Ecol, 26(2), 417–433. doi:10.1007/s10682-011-9505-7

ECLIPSING BINARY SCIENCE VIA THE MERGING OF TRANSIT AND DOPPLER EXOPLANET SURVEY DATA—A CASE STUDY WITH THE MARVELS PILOT PROJECT AND SuperWASP

Fleming, S. W., Maxted, P. F. L., Hebb, L., Stassun, K. G., Ge, J., Cargile, P. A., … Ghezzi, L. (2011). The Astronomical Journal, 142(2), 50. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/142/2/50

EXPLORING THE HABITABLE ZONE FOR KEPLER PLANETARY CANDIDATES

Kaltenegger, L., & Sasselov, D. (2011). The Astrophysical Journal, 736(2), L25. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/736/2/l25

Molybdenum isotope constraints on the extent of late Paleoproterozoic ocean euxinia

Kendall, B., Gordon, G. W., Poulton, S. W., & Anbar, A. D. (2011). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 307(3-4), 450–460. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.019

Resurrection of an ancestral 5S rRNA

Lu, Q., & Fox, G. E. (2011). BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11(1), 218. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-218

MicroRNAs support a turtle + lizard clade

Lyson, T. R., Sperling, E. A., Heimberg, A. M., Gauthier, J. A., King, B. L., & Peterson, K. J. (2011). Biology Letters, 8(1), 104–107. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2011.0477

Differences in lateral gene transfer in hypersaline versus thermal environments

Rhodes, M. E., Spear, J. R., Oren, A., & House, C. H. (2011). BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11(1), 199. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-199

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