OoL digest — April 14
This week we have 15 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!
Astrobiology
The Viability of Glycine Fermentation in Titan’s Subsurface Ocean
Affholder et al. — The Planetary Science Journal
What if we Find Nothing? Bayesian Analysis of the Statistical Information of Null Results in Future Exoplanet Habitability and Biosignature Surveys
Angerhausen et al. — The Astronomical Journal
Commissioning an All-Sky Infrared Camera Array for Detection of Airborne Objects
Domine et al. — Sensors
Ammonia or Methanol Would Enable Subsurface Liquid Water at the Martian South Pole
Egea-González et al. — Astrobiology
Strong Evidence That Abiogenesis Is a Rapid Process on Earth Analogs
Kipping — preprint
Community need for an Astrobiology Sample Repository and Sample Reference Suite
Pontefract et al. — preprint
AstroAgents: A Multi-Agent AI for Hypothesis Generation from Mass Spectrometry Data
Saeedi et al. — preprint
Bioverse: Potentially Observable Exoplanet Biosignature Patterns Under the UV Threshold Hypothesis for the Origin of Life
Schlecker et al. — preprint
Visual Localization and Topographic Mapping for Zhurong Rover in Tianwen-1 Mars Mission
Wan et al. — IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
Biochemistry
Exploring Forsterite Surface Catalysis in HCN Polymerization: Computational Insights for Astrobiology and Prebiotic Chemistry
Bancone et al. — ACS Earth & Space Chemistry
Characterizing mixed single chain amphiphile-based coacervates as a robust protocell system
Patki et al. — preprint
Chemistry
Reduction of NAD and NMN on mineral surfaces with H2 reveals a functional role for the adenosine moiety in prebiotic evolution
Preiner et al. — preprint
Microbiology
Archean Methane Cycling and Life’s Co-Evolution: Intertwining Early Biogeochemical Processes and Ancient Microbial Metabolism
Ebadirad et al. — preprint
Metabolic Responses, Cell Recoverability, and Protein Signatures of Three Extremophiles: Sustained Life During Long-Term Subzero Incubations
Ewert et al. — Microorganisms
Planetary sciences
Earth-like planet predictor: A machine learning approach
Davoult et al. — Astronomy & Astrophysics