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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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February 2010A Stratified Redox Model for the Ediacaran Ocean

Li, C., Love, G. D., Lyons, T. W., Fike, D. A., Sessions, A. L., & Chu, X. (2010). Science, 328(5974), 80–83. doi:10.1126/science.1182369

SPITZER SPECTROSCOPY OF THE TRANSITION OBJECT TW Hya

Najita, J. R., Carr, J. S., Strom, S. E., Watson, D. M., Pascucci, I., Hollenbach, D., … Gorti, U. (2010). The Astrophysical Journal, 712(1), 274–286. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/712/1/274

INJECTION OF SUPERNOVA DUST IN NEARBY PROTOPLANETARY DISKS

Ouellette, N., Desch, S. J., & Hester, J. J. (2010). The Astrophysical Journal, 711(2), 597–612. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/711/2/597

Refined stellar, orbital and planetary parameters of the eccentric HAT-P-2 planetary system

Pál, A., Bakos, G. Á., Torres, G., Noyes, R. W., Fischer, D. A., Johnson, J. A., … Henry, G. W. (2010). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 401(4), 2665–2674. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15849.x

Mineral Environments on the Earliest Earth

Papineau, D. (2010). Elements, 6(1), 25–30. doi:10.2113/gselements.6.1.25

PLANET-PLANET SCATTERING IN PLANETESIMAL DISKS. II. PREDICTIONS FOR OUTER EXTRASOLAR PLANETARY SYSTEMS

Raymond, S. N., Armitage, P. J., & Gorelick, N. (2010). The Astrophysical Journal, 711(2), 772–795. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/711/2/772

Substrate specificity and evolutionary implications of a NifDK enzyme carrying NifB-co at its active site

Soboh, B., Boyd, E. S., Zhao, D., Peters, J. W., & Rubio, L. M. (2010). FEBS Letters, 584(8), 1487–1492. doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2010.02.064

Mapping Mars geochemically

Taylor, G. J., Martel, L. M. V., Karunatillake, S., Gasnault, O., & Boynton, W. V. (2010). Geology, 38(2), 183–186. doi:10.1130/g30470.1

January 2010Origin and Formation of Planetary Systems

Alibert, Y., Broeg, C., Benz, W., Wuchterl, G., Grasset, O., Sotin, C., … Eiroa, C. (2010). Astrobiology, 10(1), 19–32. doi:10.1089/ast.2009.0372

Pseudofossils in relict methane seep carbonates resemble endemic microbial consortia

Bailey, J. V., Raub, T. D., Meckler, A. N., Harrison, B. K., Raub, T. M. D., Green, A. M., & Orphan, V. J. (2010). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 285(1-2), 131–142. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.11.002

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