This week we have 21 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

Some Thoughts on the Future of Technosignature Searches: Constraining the Fermi Paradox
Crawford — preprint

Predictive Rankings of the Probability for Temperate Terrestrial Worlds for the HWO ExEP Mission Star List
Dietrich et al. — preprint

Prospects for Astrobiology and Technosignature Searches with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time
Kovacevic et al. — preprint

Mars sample return campaign: biological risk and a proposed sample safety assessment protocol
McDonnell et al. — Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Protecting earth from extraterrestrial contamination: The case for a lunar biocontainment facility
Moxley et al. — Ambio

A Critical UV Legacy: A Hubble Roadmap for HWO Science Readiness
Peacock et al. — preprint

Probing the habitability of potential sulfuric acid rich subsurface lakes in Europa's ice shell via Saci/STIV integrated models
Saggio et al. — Frontiers in Microbiology

A Search for Radio Technosignatures from Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS with the Allen Telescope Array
Sheikh et al. — The Astronomical Journal

Ultraviolet-Driven Atmospheric Degeneracies Challenge Conventional Biosignature Frameworks for Terrestrial Planets with Ultracool M Dwarf Hosts: An Archean-Analog TRAPPIST-1 e Case Study
Sneed et al. — preprint

Clay continuity between Oxia Planum and Mawrth Vallis
Torres Auré et al. — Icarus

Astrochemistry

PRODIGE – Envelope to disk with NOEMA - VII. (Complex) organic molecules in the NGC1333 IRAS 4B1 outflow: A new laboratory for shock chemistry
Busch et al. — Astronomy & Astrophysics

The First Glimpse of Water Ice Absorption Map in the Milky Way
Cao et al. — preprint

Detection of a four-carbon sugar in interstellar space
Jimenez-Serra et al. — preprint

Biochemistry

Rethinking the Last Universal Common Ancestor of Life: Network Convergence and the Root of the Tree
Bowman et al. — Astrobiology

Reaction-transport coupling drives spatiotemporal organization in fuel-driven supramolecular polymerization
Singh et al. — preprint

CBR-db: A Cheminformatic Database for Biochemical Reaction Analysis
Slocombe et al. — ACS Synthetic Biology

Tryptophan became part of the universal genetic code post-LUCA
Wehbi et al. — preprint

Biophysics

Decoding the origins of cellular self-organization for engineered biology
Chen et al. — Nature Biotechnology

Microbiology

Tardigrades as an Emerging Model Animal for Astrobiology Research: A Case Study
Chakraborty et al. — Model Organisms in Biological Research

Planetary Sciences

Chemical and Physical Evolution of the Crust
Chowdhury et al. — Astrobiology

Phosphorus-nitrogen systematics of first-generation planetesimals constrain life-essential element delivery to Earth
Pathak et al. — Science Advances