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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 2010THE GEMINI NICI PLANET-FINDING CAMPAIGN: DISCOVERY OF A CLOSE SUBSTELLAR COMPANION TO THE YOUNG DEBRIS DISK STAR PZ Tel

Biller, B. A., Liu, M. C., Wahhaj, Z., Nielsen, E. L., Close, L. M., Dupuy, T. J., … Hayward, T. L. (2010). The Astrophysical Journal, 720(1), L82–L87. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/720/1/l82

Polyphasic Characterization of a Thermotolerant Siderophilic Filamentous Cyanobacterium That Produces Intracellular Iron Deposits

Brown, I. I., Bryant, D. A., Casamatta, D., Thomas-Keprta, K. L., Sarkisova, S. A., Shen, G., … Graham, J. E. (2010). Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 76(19), 6664–6672. doi:10.1128/aem.00662-10

Diversity of culturable thermo-resistant aquatic bacteria along an environmental gradient in Cuatro Ciénegas, Coahuila, México

Cerritos, R., Eguiarte, L. E., Avitia, M., Siefert, J., Travisano, M., Rodríguez-Verdugo, A., & Souza, V. (2010). Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 99(2), 303–318. doi:10.1007/s10482-010-9490-9

Planetesimal formation by turbulent concentration

Chambers, J. E. (2010). Icarus, 208(2), 505–517. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2010.03.004

Characterizing transiting extrasolar planets with narrow-band photometry and GTC/OSIRIS

Colón, K. D., Ford, E. B., Lee, B., Mahadevan, S., & Blake, C. H. (2010). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 408(3), 1494–1501. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17211.x

Atmospheric 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