OoL digest — February 16
This week we have 23 new papers relevant to the origins of life. Enjoy!
Astrobiology
Multiple formation pathways for amino acids in the early Solar System based on carbon and nitrogen isotopes in asteroid Bennu samples
Baczynski et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Carbon from Interstellar Clouds to Habitable Worlds
Bergin et al. — preprint
Molecular origin of 31P-NMR chemical shifts of phosphate groups with bivalent counter ions
Christanell et al. — preprint
The Third Option: Color Phase Curves to Characterize the Atmospheres of Temperate Rocky Exoplanets
Deming et al. — preprint
Not Earth-like Yet Temperate? More Generic Climate Feedback Configurations Still Allow Temperate Climates in Habitable Zone Exo-Earth Candidates
Langbert et al. — preprint
Does the Measured Abundance Suggest a Biological Origin for the Ancient Alkanes Preserved in a Martian Mudstone?
Pavlov et al. — Astrobiology
How common are oxygenic photosynthesis and large coal deposits on exoplanets?
Taiz et al. — International Journal of Astrobiology
A Chemistry-First Centered Icy Chemical Inventory of Protostellar Sources with JWST
Turner et al. — preprint
The chemical habitability of Earth and rocky planets prescribed by core formation
Walton et al. — Nature Astronomy
Biomarkers on the Icy Jovian Moons: Can Europa Also Provide Insights into Life’s Origin?
Yaniv et al. — preprint
Astrochemistry
Organic Acid Chemistry in ISM: Detection of Formic Acid and its Prebiotic Chemistry in Hot Core G358.93$-$0.03 MM1
Manna et al. — Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Chemistry in Extreme Environments: The Mystery of Molecular Complexity in Space
Puzzarini et al. — ACS Central Science
A gas-phase "top-down" chemical link between aldehydes and alcohols
Shingledecker et al. — preprint
Machine learning exploration of binding energy distributions of H2O at astrochemically relevant dust grain surfaces
Vaishnav et al. — preprint
Atom Addition Formation of Thionylimide (HNSO) on Interstellar Dust Grains: Chemical routes requiring oxygen and nitrogen atom surface diffusion
Valle et al. — preprint
Astrophysics
Probing habitable regions with SRG/eROSITA
Gatuzz et al. — preprint
Biochemistry
Xeno amino acid alphabets form peptides with familiar secondary structure
Brown et al. — preprint
A small polymerase ribozyme that can synthesize itself and its complementary strand
Gianni et al. — Science
The kinetics of ribonucleoprotein granules
Li et al. — preprint
A synthetic cell with integrated DNA self-replication and lipid biosynthesis
Restrepo Sierra et al. — Nature Communications
RNA comes close to copying itself
Service — Science
Planetary Sciences
Slowing planetary rotation influences ocean nutrient cycling and oxygenation
Capirala et al. — Science Advances