This week we have 27 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.

AI-detection tools (e.g. Pangram) can also be useful when first assessing new publications.

Astrobiology

Assessing the Impact of Varying HSO Cross Sections on Photochemical Models: Implications for the Spectral Characterization of Terrestrial Exoplanets
Branco et al. — preprint

A framework for evaluating biosignature potential against the abiotic baseline on ocean worlds
Higgins et al. — Nature Astronomy

Magnet-absorbed detrital magnetite from the western Qaidam Basin: Implications to Mars sample return missions
Hu et al. — Icarus

White Paper on Phototrophic Biosignatures: Research Priorities for the Search for Life on Other Worlds
Kiang et al. — preprint

Early mars habitability revisited: Oceans, climate dynamics, and microbial survival
Kuzucan et al. — Icarus

A Wavelet-Integrated Search Pipeline for Narrowband Technosignatures in FAST Observations of 33 Exoplanet Systems
Li et al. — preprint

Hydrous degradation of primordial organics: Implications for the early evolution of icy satellites and dwarf planets
Lévêque et al. — Icarus

Decolonizing technosignatures: Reimagining technosignatures through an Indigenist lens
Neilson — preprint

Detecting silent whales using seabed fiber-optic cables
Rørstadbotnen et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Survival and Detectability of Mars-Derived Organic Carbon in Phobos Regolith: A Quantitative Hardness Taxonomy for MMX Sample Analysis
Sahir — preprint

Multistage Rocket Optimization, Geophysics, and the Spacefaring Envelope of Habitable Super-Earths
Som — preprint

A search for narrowband technosignatures from LTT 3780 with the Allen Telescope Array and the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array
Tremblay et al. — preprint

VNIR–mid-IR spectral signatures of abiotic and biogenic mixed-cation carbonates: implications for carbonate detection and biosignature assessment on Mars
Van der Graaf et al. — Icarus

Astrochemistry

Near-perihelion activity and composition of 3I/ATLAS from JUICE/MAJIS observations
Bockelee-Morvan et al. — preprint

Astrophysics

The Habitable Worlds Observatory Technology Development Plan
Bolcar et al. — preprint

Detection of Organics in Water Ice by Optical-PhotoThermal Infrared Spectroscopy
Duffey et al. — preprint

The Impact of Planetary Phase Functions on Exo-Earth Detectability with EXOSIMS
Foote et al. — preprint

The Mid-Infrared Transmission Spectrum of the Temperate Sub-Neptune TOI-270 d
Holmberg et al. — preprint

Biochemistry

A generalised microbial cell model for methane biosignature predictions
Nicholson et al. — preprint

Photodynamics of amino acids under UV excitation: Extraterrestrial amino acids
Zeng et al. — The Journal of Chemical Physics

Chemistry

A brief discussion on recent models shedding light on how life emerged
Chirumbolo — BioSystems

Protocell formation on micrometeorites
Jesorka et al. — Scientific Reports

Autonomous Multi-Agent Reconstruction of Prebiotic Reaction Networks Reveals Organizational Features of Amino Acid Synthesis
Saeedi et al. — preprint

Microbiology

A Comprehensive Radiobiological Characterization of Anhydrobiotic Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Lapointe et al. — Astrobiology

Physics

Gravity as a Physical Selector of Chemical Evolution and the Origin of Life
Roth et al. — Physics of Life Reviews

Planetary Sciences

Comparing Monte Carlo Models of Impact Alteration of Planetary Atmospheres
Huffman et al. — preprint

Climates of temperate rocky planets with He-dominated atmospheres
Kuss et al. — preprint