This week we have 32 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!

Astrobiology

Little to no active faulting likely at Europa’s seafloor today
Byrne et al. — Nature Communications

Could Mathematics Be the Language of the Universe?: An Insight from Our Distant Relatives
Greentree et al. — Leonardo

Searching for extraterrestrial life advances terrestrial sustainability
Howells et al. — Nature Communications

Deep learning for microbial life detection in deep subseafloor samples: objective cell recognition
Nishimura et al. — Scientific Reports

Can Spacecraft-Borne Contamination Compromise Our Understanding of Lunar Ice Chemistry?
Paiva et al. — Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

A Roadmap for the Exploration of Enceladus
Rodriguez et al. — Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

The SOL $\textit{(Solar Origin and Life)}$ Project: Detailed characterization of candidates for the ZAMS and Subgiant stages
S et al. — preprint

Dearth of Photosynthetically Active Radiation Suggests No Complex Life on Late M-Star Exoplanets
Soliz et al. — preprint

Astrochemistry

One-dimensional and time-dependent modelling of complex organic molecules in protostars
Tram et al. — preprint

Biochemistry

Prebiotic aqueous reactions catalyzed by native nickel without hydrogen
Garcia et al. — preprint

A programmable ribozyme for RNA signal transduction
Lim et al. — Nature Communications

Simple case of prebiotic evolution: vesicle populations can respond to selection for greater turbidity via emergent cooperative dynamics
Sokolskyi et al. — preprint

Biophysics

Simple models for the trapping of charged particles and macromolecules by diffusiophoresis in salt gradients
Sear et al. — Physical Review E

Geoscience

A Plasma Torus around a Young Low-mass Star
Bouma et al. — The Astrophysical Journal Letters

Self-assembled versus biological pattern formation in geology
Cartwright et al. — preprint

High H2 production in sediment-hosted hydrothermal fluids at an ultraslow spreading mid-ocean ridge
Diehl et al. — Communications Earth & Environment

Microbiology

A newly isolated giant virus, ushikuvirus, is closely related to clandestinovirus and shows a unique capsid surface structure and host cell interactions
Bae et al. — Journal of Virology

Halotolerant bacteria from mangrove and restinga ecosystems in Camocim, Brazil: astrobiological relevance and biotechnological potential
de Souza Vieira et al. — Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Genetic switch between unicellularity and multicellularity in marine yeasts
Kurita et al. — Nature

Extreme environmental tolerance and space survivability of the moss, Physcomitrium patens
Maeng et al. — iScience

Ancient metagenomics reveals subglacial microbiomes driven by oxygen availability
Sanctis et al. — preprint

Taxonomic Description of Uncultured Cyanobacteria from Extreme Habitats through Genome-Based Classification
Sudianto et al. — preprint

Methanogens Through Geological Time and Space: Impact on Planetary Evolution and Significance for Life Beyond Earth
Visscher et al. — preprint

Planetary Sciences

Limits on forming coreless terrestrial worlds in the TRAPPIST-1 system
Huang et al. — preprint

On the Possibility of Melting Water Ice during the Recent Past of Mars: Application to the Formation of Gullies
Lange et al. — preprint

Europa’s ice thickness and subsurface structure characterized by the Juno microwave radiometer
Levin et al. — Nature Astronomy

The uncertainty in water mass fraction of wet planets
Lozovsky — preprint

Seasonal Ice Cover Could Allow Liquid Lakes to Persist in a Cold Mars Paleoclimate
Moreland et al. — AGU Advances

Exo-Geoscience Perspectives Beyond Habitability
Spohn et al. — preprint

Isotope effects (Cl, O, C) of heterogeneous electrochemistry induced by Martian dust activities
Sturchio et al. — Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Synthetic Biology

Building synthetic chromosomes one yeast at a time: insights from Sc2.0
Erpf et al. — Nature Biotechnology

Molecular systems engineering of synthetic cells
Fletcher et al. — Nature Chemistry