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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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September 2010The Effect of a Strong Stellar Flare on the Atmospheric Chemistry of an Earth-like Planet Orbiting an M Dwarf

Segura, A., Walkowicz, L. M., Meadows, V., Kasting, J., & Hawley, S. (2010). Astrobiology, 10(7), 751–771. doi:10.1089/ast.2009.0376

The equatorial shape and gravity field of Mercury from MESSENGER flybys 1 and 2

Smith, D. E., Zuber, M. T., Phillips, R. J., Solomon, S. C., Neumann, G. A., Lemoine, F. G., … Peale, S. J. (2010). Icarus, 209(1), 88–100. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2010.04.007

Use of Cellular CRISPR (Clusters of Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) Spacer-Based Microarrays for Detection of Viruses in Environmental Samples

Snyder, J. C., Bateson, M. M., Lavin, M., & Young, M. J. (2010). Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 76(21), 7251–7258. doi:10.1128/aem.01109-10

GENERALIZED MILANKOVITCH CYCLES AND LONG-TERM CLIMATIC HABITABILITY

Spiegel, D. S., Raymond, S. N., Dressing, C. D., Scharf, C. A., & Mitchell, J. L. (2010). The Astrophysical Journal, 721(2), 1308–1318. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/721/2/1308

Origin of terrestrial gypsum dunes—Implications for Martian gypsum-rich dunes of Olympia Undae

Szynkiewicz, A., Ewing, R. C., Moore, C. H., Glamoclija, M., Bustos, D., & Pratt, L. M. (2010). Geomorphology, 121(1-2), 69–83. doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.02.017

Raman spectroscopic study of the mineral composition of cirratulid tubes (Annelida, Polychaeta)

Taylor, P. D., Vinn, O., Kudryavtsev, A., & William Schopf, J. (2010). Journal of Structural Biology, 171(3), 402–405. doi:10.1016/j.jsb.2010.05.010

THE CALIFORNIA PLANET SURVEY. I. FOUR NEW GIANT EXOPLANETS

W. Howard, A., Johnson, J. A., W. Marcy, G., A. Fischer, D., T. Wright, J., Bernat, D., … Henry, G. W. (2010). The Astrophysical Journal, 721(2), 1467–1481. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/721/2/1467

Predicting the movements of permanently installed electrodes on an active landslide using time-lapse geoelectrical resistivity data only

Wilkinson, P. B., Chambers, J. E., Meldrum, P. I., Gunn, D. A., Ogilvy, R. D., & Kuras, O. (2010). Geophysical Journal International, 183(2), 543–556. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246x.2010.04760.x

A molecular and isotopic study of the macromolecular organic matter of the ungrouped C2 WIS 91600 and its relationship to Tagish Lake and PCA 91008

Yabuta, H., Alexander, C. M. O. D., Fogel, M. L., Kilcoyne, A. L. D., & Cody, G. D. (2010). Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 45(9), 1446–1460. doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01117.x

Sulfur cycling in a stratified euxinic lake with moderately high sulfate: Constraints from quadruple S isotopes

Zerkle, A. L., Kamyshny, A., Kump, L. R., Farquhar, J., Oduro, H., & Arthur, M. A. (2010). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74(17), 4953–4970. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2010.06.015