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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.
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June 2011MAIN-BELT COMET 238P/READ REVISITED

Hsieh, H. H., Meech, K. J., & Pittichová, J. (2011). The Astrophysical Journal, 736(1), L18. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/736/1/l18

The adsorption of short single-stranded DNA oligomers to mineral surfaces

James Cleaves, H., Crapster-Pregont, E., Jonsson, C. M., Jonsson, C. L., Sverjensky, D. A., & Hazen, R. A. (2011). Chemosphere, 83(11), 1560–1567. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.01.023

REVISED ORBIT AND TRANSIT EXCLUSION FOR HD 114762b

Kane, S. R., Henry, G. W., Dragomir, D., Fischer, D. A., Howard, A. W., Wang, X., & Wright, J. T. (2011). The Astrophysical Journal, 735(2), L41. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/735/2/l41

A theoretical investigation of the low energy conformers of the isomers glycine and methylcarbamic acid and their role in the interstellar medium

Kayi, H., Kaiser, R. I., & Head, J. D. (2011). Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 13(35), 15774. doi:10.1039/c1cp20656g

Compositional diversity in insoluble organic matter in type 1, 2 and 3 chondrites as detected by infrared spectroscopy

Kebukawa, Y., Alexander, C. M. O. D., & Cody, G. D. (2011). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 75(12), 3530–3541. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2011.03.037

Synthesis of Carbohydrates in Mineral-Guided Prebiotic Cycles

Kim, H-J., Ricardo, A., Illangkoon, H. I., Kim, M. J., Carrigan, M. A., Frye, F., & Benner, S. A. (2011). Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133(24), 9457–9468. doi:10.1021/ja201769f

Laboratory simulation of Kuiper belt object volatile ices under ionizing radiation: CO–N2 ices as a case study

Kim, Y. S., Zhang, F., & Kaiser, R. I. (2011). Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 13(35), 15766. doi:10.1039/c1cp20658c

Mineralogy and thermal properties of V-type Asteroid 956 Elisa: Evidence for diogenitic material from the Spitzer IRS (5–35μm) spectrum

Lim, L. F., Emery, J. P., & Moskovitz, N. A. (2011). Icarus, 213(2), 510–523. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2010.12.006

Sulfur mass-independent fractionation patterns in the broadband UV photolysis of sulfur dioxide: Pressure and third body effects

Masterson, A. L., Farquhar, J., & Wing, B. A. (2011). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 306(3-4), 253–260. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.04.004

Evolutionary significance of an algal gene encoding an [FeFe]-hydrogenase with F-domain homology and hydrogenase activity in Chlorella variabilis NC64A

Meuser, J. E., Boyd, E. S., Ananyev, G., Karns, D., Radakovits, R., Narayana Murthy, U. M., … Ghirardi, M. L. (2011). Planta, 234(4), 829–843. doi:10.1007/s00425-011-1431-y