OoL digest — June 30
This week we have 24 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!
Astrobiology
Effects of Transient Stellar Emissions on Planetary Climates of Tidally Locked Exo-Earths
Chen et al. — The Astronomical Journal
Phosphates Reveal High pH Ocean Water on Enceladus
Glein et al. — Icarus
Introduction to the Life Detection Knowledge Base Project
Hoehler et al. — Astrobiology
In search of signs of life on Mars with China’s sample return mission Tianwen-3
Hou et al. — Nature Astronomy
The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs: Occurrence rates of Earth-like planets around very low-mass stars
Kaminski et al. — Astronomy & Astrophysics
Astrometric Accelerations of Provisional Targets for the Habitable Worlds Observatory
Painter et al. — preprint
Life Detection Knowledge Base: A Community Tool for Knowledge Management and Representation
Pohorille et al. — Astrobiology
Characterizing Exoplanets for Assessing Their Potential Habitability
Rodríguez-Mozos et al. — preprint
Life at the extremes: Maximally divergent microbes with similar genomic signatures linked to extreme environments
Safari et al. — preprint
Shaping Galactic Habitability: the impact of stellar migration and gas giants
Spitoni et al. — preprint
Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Exoplanet Habitability: Detection Bias and Earth Analog Identification
Traxler et al. — preprint
Detecting Land with Reflected Light Spectroscopy to Rule Out Waterworld O2 Biosignature False Positives
Ulses et al. — preprint
The nanoscale molecular chemistry of outer solar system organic matter in asteroid Ryugu
Vollmer et al. — preprint
Astrophysics
An Earth-like Density for the Temperate Earth-sized Planet GJ 12b
Brady et al. — preprint
Advanced Modeling for Exoplanet Detection and Characterization
Chamarthy — preprint
Population-level Hypothesis Testing with Rocky Planet Emission Data: A Tentative Trend in the Brightness Temperatures of M-Earths
Coy et al. — The Astrophysical Journal
Direct High-Resolution Imaging of Earth-Like Exoplanets
Turyshev — preprint
Biochemistry
Membraneless protocell confined by a heat flow
Floroni et al. — Nature Physics
Biology
Structural Enzymology, Phylogenetics, Differentiation, and Symbolic Reflexivity at the Dawn of Biology
Carter et al. — Genome Biology and Evolution
Microbiology
Did Iron Suppress Eukaryote Emergence and Early Radiation?
Adam et al. — preprint
Planetary Sciences
Micron-scale crystals in halite are proxies for Permian acid brines
Benison et al. — Geological Society of America Bulletin
Repeated occurrences of marine anoxia under high atmospheric O2 and icehouse conditions
Chen et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Geomorphological Evidence of Near-Surface Ice at Candidate Landing Sites in Northern Amazonis Planitia, Mars
Luzzi et al. — Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
A systematic study of hot O production and escape from Martian atmosphere in response to enhanced EUV Irradiance from Solar Flares
Rathi et al. — preprint