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March 10, 2025

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


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