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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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November 2010Genomic and functional adaptation in surface ocean planktonic prokaryotes

Yooseph, S., Nealson, K. H., Rusch, D. B., McCrow, J. P., Dupont, C. L., Kim, M., … Johnson, J. (2010). Nature, 468(7320), 60–66. doi:10.1038/nature09530

A relationship between d104 value and composition in the calcite-disordered dolomite solid-solution series

Zhang, F., Xu, H., Konishi, H., & Roden, E. E. (2010). American Mineralogist, 95(11-12), 1650–1656. doi:10.2138/am.2010.3414

October 2010 MECHANISTICAL STUDIES ON THE FORMATION AND NATURE OF THE “XCN” (OCN – ) SPECIES IN INTERSTELLAR ICES

Bennett, C. J., Jones, B., Knox, E., Perry, J., Kim, Y. S., & Kaiser, R. I. (2010). The Astrophysical Journal, 723(1), 641–648. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/723/1/641

MECHANISTICAL STUDIES ON THE FORMATION AND NATURE OF THE “XCN” (OCN – ) SPECIES IN INTERSTELLAR ICES

Bennett, C. J., Jones, B., Knox, E., Perry, J., Kim, Y. S., & Kaiser, R. I. (2010). The Astrophysical Journal, 723(1), 641–648. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/723/1/641

Metagenomic Comparison of Two Thiomicrospira Lineages Inhabiting Contrasting Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Environments

Brazelton, W. J., & Baross, J. A. (2010). PLoS ONE, 5(10), e13530. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013530

STELLAR ELEMENTAL ABUNDANCE PATTERNS: IMPLICATIONS FOR PLANET FORMATION

Chambers, J. E. (2010). The Astrophysical Journal, 724(1), 92–97. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/724/1/92

Thermodynamic data and modeling of the water and ammonia-water phase diagrams up to 2.2 GPa for planetary geophysics

Choukroun, M., & Grasset, O. (2010). J. Chem. Phys., 133(14), 144502. doi:10.1063/1.3487520

Spectral reflectance properties of ureilites

Cloutis, E. A., Hudon, P., Romanek, C. S., Bishop, J. L., Reddy, V., Gaffey, M. J., & Hardersen, P. S. (2010). Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 45(10-11), 1668–1694. doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01065.x

How to Make a Living by Exhaling Methane

Ferry, J. G. (2010). Annu. Rev. Microbiol., 64(1), 453–473. doi:10.1146/annurev.micro.112408.134051

Extraterrestrial amino acids in the Almahata Sitta meteorite

Glavin, D. P., Aubrey, A. D., Callahan, M. P., Dworkin, J. P., Elsila, J. E., Parker, E. T., … Bada, J. L. (2010). Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 45(10-11), 1695–1709. doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01094.x

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