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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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October 2010IUPAC critical evaluation of the rotational–vibrational spectra of water vapor. Part II

Tennyson, J., Bernath, P. F., Brown, L. R., Campargue, A., Császár, A. G., Daumont, L., … Gamache, R. R. (2010). Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 111(15), 2160–2184. doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2010.06.012

THE LICK-CARNEGIE EXOPLANET SURVEY: A 3.1 M ⊕ PLANET IN THE HABITABLE ZONE OF THE NEARBY M3V STAR GLIESE 581

Vogt, S. S., Butler, R. P., Rivera, E. J., Haghighipour, N., Henry, G. W., & Williamson, M. H. (2010). The Astrophysical Journal, 723(1), 954–965. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/723/1/954

THE FREQUENCY OF LOW-MASS EXOPLANETS. II. THE “PERIOD VALLEY”

Wittenmyer, R. A., O'Toole, S. J., Jones, H. R. A., Tinney, C. G., Butler, R. P., Carter, B. D., & Bailey, J. (2010). The Astrophysical Journal, 722(2), 1854–1863. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/722/2/1854

Mineral associations and character of isotopically anomalous organic material in the Tagish Lake carbonaceous chondrite

Zega, T. J., Alexander, C. M. O. D., Busemann, H., Nittler, L. R., Hoppe, P., Stroud, R. M., & Young, A. F. (2010). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74(20), 5966–5983. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2010.07.018

Mineralogy and petrography of the Almahata Sitta ureilite

Zolensky, M., Herrin, J., Mikouchi, T., Ohsumi, K., Friedrich, J., Steele, A., … Rumble, D. (2010). Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 45(10-11), 1618–1637. doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01128.x

LIGHT SCATTERING FROM EXOPLANET OCEANS AND ATMOSPHERES

Zugger, M. E., Kasting, J. F., Williams, D. M., Kane, T. J., & Philbrick, C. R. (2010). The Astrophysical Journal, 723(2), 1168–1179. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/723/2/1168

September 2010Mercury’s magnetospheric magnetic field after the first two MESSENGER flybys

Alexeev, I. I., Belenkaya, E. S., Slavin, J. A., Korth, H., Anderson, B. J., Baker, D. N., … Boardsen, S. A. (2010). Icarus, 209(1), 23–39. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2010.01.024

Formation of cratonic subcontinental lithospheric mantle and complementary komatiite from hybrid plume sources

Aulbach, S., Stachel, T., Heaman, L. M., Creaser, R. A., & Shirey, S. B. (2010). Contrib Mineral Petrol, 161(6), 947–960. doi:10.1007/s00410-010-0573-4

Direct and Terrestrial Vegetation-mediated Effects of Environmental Change on Aquatic Ecosystem Processes

Ball, B. A., Kominoski, J. S., Adams, H. E., Jones, S. E., Kane, E. S., Loecke, T. D., … Mahaney, W. M. (2010). BioScience, 60(8), 590–601. doi:10.1525/bio.2010.60.8.5

Setting the Stage: The History, Chemistry, and Geobiology behind RNA

Benner, S. A., Kim, H-J., & Yang, Z. (2010). Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, 4(1), a003541–a003541. doi:10.1101/cshperspect.a003541