This week we have 16 new papers relevant to the origins of life. Enjoy!

Astrobiology

Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent and Impact-Generated Hydrothermal Vent Systems: Insights into the Origin of Life
Cinquemani et al. — Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

Quantifying Building Blocks of Life in Planetary Analog Materials: Implications for Prebiotic Chemistry and Biosignature Identification
Luo et al. — preprint

Strong nickel enrichment co-located with redox-organic interactions in Neretva Vallis, Mars
Manelski et al. — Nature Communications

Detecting Signs of Life in Biotic–Abiotic Mixtures Using Pyrolysis–Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry and Machine Learning
Slaughter et al. — Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

Astrophysics

Resistive MHD Simulations of Stellar Wind-Magnetosphere Coupling in TRAPPIST-1e
González-Avilés et al. — preprint

Biochemistry

Revisiting Darwin's Warm Little Pond in the 21st Century: Land-Based Scenarios for Life's Origins
Damer et al. — Astrobiology

Descent from a common ancestor restricts exploration of protein sequence space
Isakova et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Assembly of Replicating Protocells with Primitive Metabolism
Karabasoglu et al. — Astrobiology

The Only Constant of Life's Origin is Change: The Importance of Chemical Fluxes in Prebiotic Environments
Walton et al. — Astrobiology

Biology

What it takes to solve the origins of life: An integrated review. Part 2: Theoretical methods and emerging trends
Asche et al. — Cell Reports Physical Science

Tracing ancient life through the genomic record
Sobol et al. — Journal of Applied Microbiology

Chemistry

Experimental evidence of a liquid-liquid critical point in supercooled water
You et al. — Science

Geoscience

Geochemical Complexity in Terrestrial Hot Spring Fields: Implications for the Origin of Life
Van Kranendonk et al. — Astrobiology

Palaeontology

Developmental biology of the Ediacaran Megaclonophycus from the Weng’an Biota
Flett et al. — Biology Letters

Planetary Sciences

Onset of habitable conditions on the Hadean Earth set by feedback between tides and greenhouse forcing
Dijk et al. — preprint

Dust evolution during protoplanetary disk buildup enhances CO ice relative to water
Drazkowska — preprint