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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 2010The 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

SUZAKU OBSERVATION OF STRONG FLUORESCENT IRON LINE EMISSION FROM THE YOUNG STELLAR OBJECT V1647 ORI DURING ITS NEW X-RAY OUTBURST

Hamaguchi, K., Grosso, N., Kastner, J. H., Weintraub, D. A., & Richmond, M. (2010). The Astrophysical Journal, 714(1), L16–L20. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/714/1/l16

Speculation on Quantum Mechanics and the Operation of Life Giving Catalysts

Haydon, N., McGlynn, S. E., & Robus, O. (2010). Orig Life Evol Biosph, 41(1), 35–50. doi:10.1007/s11084-010-9210-5

Magnetite as a prokaryotic biomarker: A review

Jimenez-Lopez, C., Romanek, C. S., & Bazylinski, D. A. (2010). J. Geophys. Res., 115(G2), n/a–n/a. doi:10.1029/2009jg001152

Crossed Molecular Beam Study on the Formation of Phenylacetylene and Its Relevance to Titan’s Atmosphere

Jones, B., Zhang, F., Maksyutenko, P., Mebel, A. M., & Kaiser, R. I. (2010). The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 114(16), 5256–5262. doi:10.1021/jp912054p

A long-period planet orbiting a nearby Sun-like star

Jones, H. R. A., Butler, R. P., Tinney, C. G., O'Toole, S., Wittenmyer, R., Henry, G. W., … Meschiari, S. (2010). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 403(4), 1703–1713. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.16232.x

Adsorption of l-aspartate to rutile (α-TiO2): Experimental and theoretical surface complexation studies

Jonsson, C. M., Jonsson, C. L., Estrada, C., Sverjensky, D. A., Cleaves, H. J., & Hazen, R. M. (2010). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74(8), 2356–2367. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2010.01.003

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