OoL digest — June 20 edition
This week we have 4 preprints and 6 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!
Astrobiology
EOS-ESTM: A flexible climate model for habitable exoplanets – Biasiotti et al. – preprint
Revealing the Mysteries of Venus: The DAVINCI Mission – Garvin et al. – The Planetary Science Journal
ET White Paper: To Find the First Earth 2.0 – Ge et al. – preprint
Proposed energy-metabolisms cannot explain the atmospheric chemistry of Venus – Jordan et al. – Nature Communications
Evidence of water on the lunar surface from Chang’E-5 in-situ spectra and returned samples – Liu et al. – Nature Communications
The Fermi paradox: Impact of astrophysical processes and dynamical evolution – Schleicher et al. – preprint
Biochemistry
The evolutionary history of class I aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases indicates early statistical translation – Jablonska et al. – preprint
Chemistry
Bifurcation drives the evolution of assembly-line biosynthesis – Booth et al. – Nature Communications
Geosciences
High-resolution Ge-Si-Fe, Cr isotope and Th-U data for the Neoarchean Temagami BIF, Canada, suggest primary origin of BIF bands and oxidative terrestrial weathering 2.7 Ga ago – Bau et al. – Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Silurian wildfire proxies and atmospheric oxygen – Glasspool et al. – Geology