OoL digest — September 30 edition
This week we have 30 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!
Astrobiology
Did WISE detect Dyson Spheres/Structures around Gaia-2MASS-selected stars?
Blain — preprint
Radar for Europa Assessment and Sounding: Ocean to Near-Surface (REASON)
Blankenship et al. — Space Science Reviews
Spectral evidence for irradiated halite on Mars
Bramble et al. — Scientific Reports
Simple lipids form stable higher-order structures in concentrated sulfuric acid
Duzdevich et al. — preprint
Reactant Discovery with an Ab Initio Nanoreactor: Exploration of Astrophysical N-Heterocycle Precursors and Formation Pathways
Johansen et al. — ACS Earth & Space Chemistry
The Pale Blue Dot: Using the Planetary Spectrum Generator to Simulate Signals from Hyperrealistic Exo-Earths
Kofman et al. — The Planetary Science Journal
Through-Ice Acoustic Communication for Ocean Worlds Exploration
Lee et al. — Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Exploring the potential of plant astrobiology: adapting flora for extra-terrestrial habitats: a review
Mazhar et al. — Biologia Futura
Decoding organic compounds in lava tube sulfates to understand potential biomarkers in the Martian subsurface
Palma et al. — Communications Earth & Environment
Statistics and Habitability of F-type Star–Planet Systems
Patel et al. — The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Astrovirology and terrestrial life survival
Shapshak et al. — Bioinformation
Timing and Likelihood of the Origin of Life Derived from Post-Impact Highly Reducing Atmospheres
Wogan et al. — Astrobiology
Astrophysics
JWST/NIRISS and HST: Exploring the improved ability to characterise exoplanet atmospheres in the JWST era
Fisher et al. — preprint
Biochemistry
The interplay between peptides and RNA is critical for protoribosome compartmentalization and stability
Codispoti et al. — Nucleic Acids Research
From RNA to DNA: Emergence of Reverse Transcriptases from an Ancestral RNA-dependent RNA Polymerase
Farias et al. — BioSystems
Chemistry
Abiotic Production of Dimethyl Sulfide, Carbonyl Sulfide, and Other Organosulfur Gases via Photochemistry: Implications for Biosignatures and Metabolic Potential
Reed et al. — The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Geoscience
Late Cretaceous and Early Paleogene Fluid Circulation and Microbial Activity in Deep Fracture Networks of the Precambrian Basement of Western Greenland
Drake et al. — Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Osmotic energy conversion in serpentinite-hosted deep-sea hydrothermal vents
Lee et al. — Nature Communications
Ultrahigh-resolution imaging of biogenic phosphorus and molybdenum in palaeoproterozoic gunflint microfossils
Sasaki et al. — Scientific Reports
Microbiology
Non-thermodynamic factors affect competition between thermophilic chemolithoautotrophs from deep-sea hydrothermal vents
Kubik et al. — Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Microbial iron limitation in the ocean’s twilight zone
Li et al. — Nature
Physics
Non-thermodynamic factors affect competition between thermophilic chemolithoautotrophs from deep-sea hydrothermal vents
Kubik et al. — Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Microbial iron limitation in the ocean’s twilight zone
Li et al. — Nature
Planetary sciences
Mapping the exo-Neptunian landscape. A ridge between the desert and savanna
Castro-González et al. — Astronomy & Astrophysics
Evolution of the Archean Atmosphere
Goldblatt et al. — preprint
Triton’s Captured Youth: Tidal Heating Kept Triton Warm and Active for Billions of Years
Hammond et al. — The Planetary Science Journal
Olivine alteration and the loss of Mars’ early atmospheric carbon
Murray et al. — Science Advances