OoL digest — October 20
This week we have 33 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!
Astrobiology
The microbiology and geochemistry of the shallow-water hydrothermal vents of the Gulf of Naples, Italy
Barosa et al. — preprint
Foundation Models for Astrobiology: Paper I -- Workshop and Overview
Felton et al. — preprint
Pseudo-panspermia of Phosphorus species on the Early Earth
Feng et al. — preprint
SETI Post-Detection Protocols: Progress Towards a New Version
Garrett et al. — preprint
Reassessment of Kepler’s habitable zone Earth-like exoplanets with data-driven null signal templates
Robnik et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Ancient Mars Climate With a Polar Ocean and Ice Sheet Dynamics
Schmidt et al. — Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
Mineralogically Diverse and Salt-Rich Regolith in Jezero Crater Characterized Using X-Ray Spectroscopy
Shumway et al. — Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
Evaluating Habitability and Biosignature Detection on TOI-700 d: The Role of UV Environment and Atmospheric Pressure
Sumida et al. — preprint
Understanding Exoplanet Habitability: A Bayesian ML Framework for Predicting Atmospheric Absorption Spectra
Trehan et al. — preprint
Astrochemistry
The survival of aromatic molecules in protoplanetary disks
Piacentino et al. — preprint
A quest for sulfur-bearing refractory species. Identification of CaS in the interstellar medium
Tasa-Chaveli et al. — preprint
Laboratory study of amino acids on amorphous Mg-silicate using infrared spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction – implications for the survival and delivery of interstellar organics to the solar nebula and early Earth
Thompson et al. — Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Probing the Physics of Dusty Outflows through Complex Organic Molecules in the Early Universe
Vayner et al. — preprint
Astrophysics
JWST-TST DREAMS: NIRSpec/PRISM Transmission Spectroscopy of the Habitable Zone Planet TRAPPIST-1 e
Espinoza et al. — The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Chemistry, Climate, and Transmission Spectra of TRAPPIST-1 e Explored with a Multimodel Sparse Sampled Ensemble
Wolf et al. — The Planetary Science Journal
Biochemistry
Gradual assembly of metabolism at a phosphorylating hydrothermal vent
Mrnjavac et al. — preprint
Anion–π interaction–induced phase separation as a prebiotic pathway to oxygenation
Ren et al. — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Prebiotic Absolute Asymmetric Formation of D-Ribose by Wollastonite’s Inherent Surface Structure
Zhang et al. — preprint
Geoscience
Disentangling Continental Weathering During the Late Paleozoic Ice Age
Gao et al. — Geophysical Research Letters
Mathematical Biology
Information and the living tree of life A theory of measurement grounded in biology
Hudnall — BioSystems
A Self-Organized Tower of Babel: Diversification through Competition
Noronha et al. — preprint
Interplay of Fidelity and Diversity in the Evolution of the Genetic Code
Seo et al. — preprint
Microbiology
Endospore integrity and viability of Bacillus subtilis on simulated Martian regolith in rotational UVC radiation exposures
Davis et al. — preprint
Investigating changes in thiophene-bearing quinones of the archaeon Acidianus manzaensis after exposure to Mars-like conditions
Gfellner et al. — preprint
Microbial exoenzymes catalyzed the transition to an oxygenated Earth
Sanger et al. — preprint
Plasmidome, resistome, and virulence-associated genes characterization of Acinetobacter johnsonii in NASA cleanrooms and a clinical setting
Tumeo et al. — preprint
Palaeontology
A Cnidarian affinity for Salterella and Volborthella: implications for the evolution of shells
Vayda et al. — Journal of Paleontology
Planetary Sciences
Spectral Mixture Modeling with Laboratory Near-Infrared Data I: Insights into Compositional Analysis of Europa
Emran — Icarus
Precipitation induced by explosive volcanism on Mars and its implications for unexpected equatorial ice
Hamid et al. — Nature Communications
Using Venus, Earth, and Mars to Understand Exoplanet Volatile and Climate Evolution
Jakosky et al. — Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
Magnetostratigraphic constraints on the late Ediacaran paleomagnetic enigma
Pierce et al. — Science Advances
Sliding and Burrowing Blocks of CO2 Create Sinuous “Linear Dune Gullies” on Martian Dunes by Explosive Sublimation-Induced Particle Transport
Roelofs et al. — Geophysical Research Letters
Potassium-40 isotopic evidence for an extant pre-giant-impact component of Earth’s mantle
Wang et al. — Nature Geoscience