This week we have 12 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!

Astrobiology

Viking Mars, Now 50 Years Old, Still Needs a Scientific Analysis
Benner et al. — Astrobiology

Why Estimating $η_\oplus$ is Difficult: A Kepler-Centric Perspective
Bryson et al. — preprint

Habitability of exoplanets orbiting flaring stars
Szabó et al. — preprint

Astrochemistry

An empirical view of the extended atmosphere and inner envelope of the asymptotic giant branch star R Doradus - II. Constraining the dust properties with radiative transfer modelling
Schirmer et al. — Astronomy & Astrophysics

Biochemistry

Entropy-Driven Amino Acid-Based Coacervates with Enzyme-Free Metabolism and Prebiotic Robustness
Cao et al. — Journal of the American Chemical Society

Biophysics

Designing Peptide Fossils That Model the Evolution of the Bacterial Ferredoxin Fold
Jagilinki et al. — JACS Au

Protocellular energetics: Free energy estimates for all metabolic, self-assembly and vesicle fission processes
Rasmussen et al. — preprint

Geoscience

Authigenic biosignatures of microbial biomass preserved as carbonate ooids formed by abiotic chemically oscillating reactions throughout Earth history
Papineau et al. — GSA Bulletin

Microbiology

On the transitional character and regularity of planetary abiogenesis
Dolgikh — BioSystems

Planetary Sciences

Lava Tubes on Earth, the Moon, and Mars: Detection, Evolution, and Exploration Potential
Losarcos et al. — Space Science Reviews

Recent production rates of cosmogenic nuclides in the igneous rocks of Jezero crater floor, Mars
Zorzano et al. — Scientific Reports

Synthetic Biology

Exploring lipid diversity and minimalism to define membrane requirements for synthetic cells
Gan et al. — FEBS Letters