OoL digest — April 15 edition
This week we have 14 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!
Astrobiology
Necessary Conditions for Earthly Life Floating in the Venusian Atmosphere
Abreu et al. – preprint
Crustal carbonate build-up as a driver for Earth’s oxygenation
Alcott et al. – Nature Geoscience
CN and CCH derivatives of ethylene and ethane: Confirmation of the detection of CHCHCCH in TMC-1
Cernicharo et al. – preprint
A Computational Investigation into Hydrocarbon Growth on Extraterrestrial Mineral Surfaces toward Understanding the Carbon Discrepancy in Space
Clague et al. – ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
Habitability constraints by nutrient availability in atmospheres of rocky exoplanets
Herbort et al. – preprint
Introducing the Collection of Papers from the Second Workshop on Habitability of the Venus Cloud Layer and Related Research
Limaye et al. – Astrobiology
A Novel Abiotic Pathway for Phosphine Synthesis over Acidic Dust in Venus’ Atmosphere
Mráziková et al. – Astrobiology
The importance of continents, oceans and plate tectonics for the evolution of complex life: implications for finding extraterrestrial civilizations
Stern et al. – Scientific Reports
Atacama region as a planetary analog for astrobiology
Tavernier et al. – Boletin de la Asociacion Argentina de Astronomia La Plata Argentina
EELS: Autonomous snake-like robot with task and motion planning capabilities for ice world exploration
Vaquero et al. – Science Robotics
Chemistry
Selection in Evolving Chemical Mixtures
Capera-Aragones et al. – preprint
Microbiology
Hot springs viruses at Yellowstone National Park have ancient origins and are adapted to thermophilic hosts
Felipe Benites et al. – Communications Biology
Physics
The spark of life: discharge physics as a key aspect of the Miller–Urey experiment
Longo – Frontiers in Physics
Venus
Gillmann et al. – preprint