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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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August 2010Atmospheric control of the cooling rate of impact melts and cryolavas on Titan’s surface

Davies, A. G., Sotin, C., Matson, D. L., Castillo-Rogez, J., Johnson, T. V., Choukroun, M., & Baines, K. H. (2010). Icarus, 208(2), 887–895. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2010.02.025

Isotopic anomalies in organic nanoglobules from Comet 81P/Wild 2: Comparison to Murchison nanoglobules and isotopic anomalies induced in terrestrial organics by electron irradiation

De Gregorio, B. T., Stroud, R. M., Nittler, L. R., Alexander, C. M. O. D., Kilcoyne, A. L. D., & Zega, T. J. (2010). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74(15), 4454–4470. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2010.05.010

Building long-term constituencies for space exploration: The challenge of raising public awareness and engagement in the United States and in Europe

Ehrenfreund, P., Peter, N., & Billings, L. (2010). Acta Astronautica, 67(3-4), 502–512. doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2010.03.002

A DETAILED SPECTROPOLARIMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE PLANET-HOSTING STAR WASP-12 ,

Fossati, L., Bagnulo, S., Elmasli, A., Haswell, C. A., Holmes, S., Kochukhov, O., … Shkolnik, E. L. (2010). The Astrophysical Journal, 720(1), 872–886. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/720/1/872

Development of an evolved gas-time-of-flight mass spectrometer for the Volatile Analysis by Pyrolysis of Regolith (VAPoR) instrument

Getty, S. A., Ten Kate, I. L., Feng, S. H., Brinckerhoff, W. B., Cardiff, E. H., Holmes, V. E., … King, T. T. (2010). International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 295(3), 124–132. doi:10.1016/j.ijms.2010.06.020

LOCATING THE ACCRETION FOOTPRINT ON A HERBIG Ae STAR: MWC 480

Grady, C. A., Hamaguchi, K., Schneider, G., Stecklum, B., Woodgate, B. E., McCleary, J. E., … Williger, G. M. (2010). The Astrophysical Journal, 719(2), 1565–1581. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/719/2/1565

Age, Composition and Thermal Characteristics of South African Off-Craton Mantle Lithosphere: Evidence for a Multi-Stage History

Janney, P. E., Shirey, S. B., Carlson, R. W., Pearson, D. G., Bell, D. R., Le Roex, A. P., … Ishikawa, A. (2010). Journal of Petrology, 51(9), 1849–1890. doi:10.1093/petrology/egq041

Size and Crystallinity in Protein-Templated Inorganic Nanoparticles

Jolley, C. C., Uchida, M., Reichhardt, C., Harrington, R., Kang, S., Klem, M. T., … Parise, J. B. (2010). Chem. Mater., 22(16), 4612–4618. doi:10.1021/cm100657w

Homochiral Selectivity in RNA Synthesis: Montmorillonite-catalyzed Quaternary Reactions of D, L-Purine with D, L- Pyrimidine Nucleotides

Joshi, P. C., Aldersley, M. F., & Ferris, J. P. (2010). Orig Life Evol Biosph, 41(3), 213–236. doi:10.1007/s11084-010-9222-1

Pervasive oxygenation along late Archaean ocean margins

Kendall, B., Reinhard, C. T., Lyons, T. W., Kaufman, A. J., Poulton, S. W., & Anbar, A. D. (2010). Nature Geosci, 3(9), 647–652. doi:10.1038/ngeo942

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