OoL digest — November 18 edition
This week we have 12 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!
Astrobiology
Travel Times of a Descending Melting Probe on Europa
Carballido — Astrobiology
Preparing for the Early eVolution Explorer: Characterizing the photochemical inputs and transit detection efficiencies of young planets using multiwavelength flare observations by TESS and Swift
Howard et al. — preprint
Hic Sunt Dracones: Uncovering Dynamical Perturbers Within the Habitable Zone
Kane et al. — preprint
The impact of the cosmological constant on past and future star formation
Sorini et al. — Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
A multiple biomolecules-based rapid life detection protocol embedded in a rover scientific subsystem for soil sample analysis
Zaman et al. — Scientific Reports
Astrochemistry
First Identification and Chemical Modeling of New Thiol ($-$SH) Bearing Molecule in the Interstellar Medium: Dithioformic Acid
Manna et al. — preprint
Biochemistry
Protocells by spontaneous reaction of cysteine with short-chain thioesters
Cho et al. — Nature Chemistry
Geosciences
Hematite U-Pb dating of Snowball Earth meltwater events
Courtney-Davies et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Lithium isotope evidence for a plumeworld ocean in the aftermath of the Marinoan snowball Earth
Gan et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Dating recent aqueous activity on Mars
Tremblay et al. — Geochemical Perspectives Letters
Planetary sciences
Potential for observing geological diversity from mid-infrared spectra of rocky exoplanets
First et al. — Nature Astronomy
Behaviors of Martian CO2-driven dry climate system and conditions for atmospheric collapses
Watanabe et al. — preprint