OoL digest — March 10
This week we have 13 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!
Astrobiology
Potential Habitability of Present-Day Martian Subsurface for Earth-Like Methanogens
Butturini et al. — Astrobiology
Molecular Cloud Biology
Feng — preprint
How Habitable Are M Dwarf Exoplanets? Modeling Surface Conditions and Exploring the Role of Melanins in the Survival of Aspergillus niger Spores Under Exoplanet-Like Radiation
Mota et al. — Astrobiology
Remote Detection of Red Edge Spectral Characteristics in Floating Aquatic Vegetation
Murakami et al. — Astrobiology
Submicron-scale detection of microbes and smectite from the interior of a Mars-analogue basalt sample by optical-photothermal infrared spectroscopy
Suzuki et al. — International Journal of Astrobiology
Habitable Worlds Formed at Cosmic Dawn
Whalen et al. — preprint
Abundant water from primordial supernovae at cosmic dawn
Whalen et al. — Nature Astronomy
Geosciences
Anomalous δ15N values in the Neoarchean associated with an abundant supply of hydrothermal ammonium
Martin et al. — Nature Communications
Microbiology
Whole-genome sequencing of a Janthinobacterium sp. isolated from the Patagonian Desert
Cavanaugh et al. — Microbiology Resource Announcements
Planetary sciences
Climatology of the Residual Mean Circulation of the Martian Atmosphere and Contributions of Resolved and Unresolved Waves Based on a Reanalysis Data Set
Asumi et al. — Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
Ancient ocean coastal deposits imaged on Mars
Li et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Intense alteration on early Mars revealed by high-aluminum rocks at Jezero crater
Royer et al. — Communications Earth & Environment
Decoding planetary surfaces by counting cracks
Silver et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences