This week we have 26 new papers relevant to the origins of life. Enjoy!

Please note that inclusion of these papers reflects topic, not quality, and that evaluating scientific merit is out of scope for this newsletter.

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Astrobiology

The Ĝ Infrared Search for Extraterrestrial Civilizations with Large Energy Supplies. V. When Galaxies Glow with Industry
Curtis et al. — preprint

Climates of Gl 514 b
Díaz et al. — preprint

Euhabitability: A New Term to Aid in the Search for Life in Addition to the Habitable Zone Framework
Glaser et al. — Space Science Reviews

Assessing Planetary Stability and Long-Term Habitability in Nearby Stellar Binaries: 70 Oph, 36 Oph, $γ$ Leo
Jankowski et al. — preprint

Astrobiology in a mesophilic tropical country: A database and a review of analog environments in Brazil
Meurer et al. — Life Sciences in Space Research

Altered Cosmic Organics as Venus' Ultraviolet Absorbers
Mogul et al. — preprint

An Enriched Methane D/H Ratio in the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS
Roth et al. — preprint

The Impact of the Viking Entry, Descent, and Landing Legacy on Future Mars Exploration
Venkatapathy et al. — Astrobiology

Viking’s Heirs: The Rise of Planetary Flyers
Withrow-Maser et al. — Astrobiology

Astrophysics

No Helium Detected in LHS 1140 b from Four JWST NIRISS/SOSS Transits
Bennett et al. — preprint

Early Exploration of the Scientific Discovery Space for the Habitable Worlds Observatory
Dressing et al. — preprint

Spectral Energy Distribution Analysis for Habitable Worlds Observatory Target Stars
Kane et al. — preprint

Strict Limits on Helium Absorption from LHS 1140 b from Four JWST NIRISS Transits
Radica — preprint

Biochemistry

In Vitro-Selected DNA Aptamers Enable Detection of the Ancestral Peptide 3C8Y in [FeFe]-Hydrogenase CpI and in Metal-Rich, Acidic Environments: Implications for Astrobiology
Blanco et al. — Astrobiology

Forging an evolutionary individual from separate replicators
Hernandez-Beltran et al. — preprint

Biology

Way to operationalization of the life process definition ‘from purposeful information’ resulting from Abel's proposal; mechanisms of evolutionary progress
Gecow — BioSystems

Chemistry

Synthesis of mineral-organic hybrid materials under dynamic prebiotic conditions
López-García et al. — Communications Chemistry

Molecular assembly as a universal biosignature measurable by mass spectrometry
Rutter et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Geoscience

Paleoproterozoic thermogenic hydrocarbon generation, Zaonega Formation, Russia
Thiagarajan et al. — Geology

Microbiology

Biosignature reservoirs in the Rozel Point tar seeps at Great Salt Lake, Utah
Martin et al. — Frontiers in Microbiology

Planetary Sciences

The False Spin of an Exo-Venus
Kane — preprint

Primary evaporite in southern Utopia Planitia on Mars from Zhurong rover observations
Liu et al. — Nature Astronomy

Investigation of a potential endorheic basin on Mars in the Terra Cimmeria
Motlhasedi et al. — Icarus

Veiled in Starlight: Impacts of Stellar Contamination on Retrievals of TRAPPIST-1f's Atmospheric Composition
Rosenthal et al. — preprint

What can Planetary Ice Shells Teach Us about Ocean Mixing and Life, and Why Salt Matters
Shibley — preprint

Intense but Harmless: Exo-Space Weather Around an M Dwarf with a Single-Hemisphere Dynamo
Sun et al. — preprint