OoL digest — January 20
This week we have 28 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!
Astrobiology
Survival and Transfer of Microorganisms beyond the Earth: To What Extent are Microorganisms Tolerant to External Influences?
Cheptsov — Solar System Research
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons as an Extraterrestrial Atmospheric Technosignature
Dubey et al. — The Planetary Science Journal
Phosphates on Mars and Their Importance as Igneous, Aqueous, and Astrobiological Indicators
Hausrath et al. — Minerals
Sampling Mars: Geologic context and preliminary characterization of samples collected by the NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission
Herd et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The present epoch may not be representative in determining the history of water on Mars
Jakosky — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Wave ripples formed in ancient, ice-free lakes in Gale crater, Mars
Mondro et al. — Science Advances
Searching for extraterrestrial intelligence across a century
Rees — Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Organic matter and biomarkers: Why are samples required?
Sephton et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Geochemical context for hydrothermal organic molecules in Mars-analogue samples from Earth
Teece et al. — Nature Astronomy
Fundamental constraints and questions from the study of martian meteorites and the need for returned samples
Udry et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Long-lived Habitable Zones around White Dwarfs undergoing Neon-22 Distillation
Vanderburg et al. — preprint
Habitable Worlds Formed at Cosmic Dawn
Whalen et al. — preprint
An Optimal, Universal and Agnostic Decoding Method for Message Reconstruction, Bio and Technosignature Detection
Zenil et al. — preprint
X-ray activity of nearby G-, K-, and M-type stars and implications for planet habitability around M stars
Zhu et al. — preprint
Biochemistry
Concomitant formation of protocells and prebiotic compounds under a plausible early Earth atmosphere
Jenewein et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The ability of pentose pathways to form all essential metabolites provides clues to the origins of metabolism
Lindner et al. — PLOS Biology
Biology
multistrap: boosting phylogenetic analyses with structural information
Baltzis et al. — Nature Communications
Microbiology
Extremophiles and Extremophilic Behaviour—New Insights and Perspectives
Angelakis et al. — Life
Genome-scale metabolic modelling of extremophiles and its applications in astrobiological environments
Noirungsee et al. — Environmental Microbiology Reports
Rhinocladiella similis: A Model Eukaryotic Organism for Astrobiological Studies on Microbial Interactions with Martian Soil Analogs
dos Santos et al. — JACS Au
Physics
The Physics of Life: Exploring Information as a Distinctive Feature of Living Systems
Bartlett et al. — preprint
Nonequilibrium properties of autocatalytic networks
Despons — Physical Review E
Planetary sciences
A tale of two planets: Disparate evolutionary models for Mars inferred from radiogenic isotope compositions of Martian meteorites
Borg et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Reconciling Archean organic-rich mudrocks with low primary productivity before the Great Oxygenation Event
Lotem et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Mars Sample Return: From collection to curation of samples from a habitable world
McCubbin et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The scientific value of Mars Sample Return
McSween et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Perspectives on Mars Sample Return: A critical resource for planetary science and exploration
McSween et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
What we can learn about Mars from the magnetism of returned samples
Weiss et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences