OoL digest — August 15th edition
Good morning everyone. In this week’s digest, we mostly have papers in the field of astrobiology, plus one last paper in biochemistry. In astrobiology, Barnes presents the science goals of the upcoming Dragonfly mission that is planned to land on Titan in the mid-2030s, Graham demonstrates that high pCO$_2$ reduces the impact of CO$_2$ fluctuations throughout the habitable zone, Hyodo discusses the science goals of the upcoming Martian Moons eXploration mission, Méndez reviews habitability models relevant for astrobiology and Song presents a 2D cloud-resolving model for tidally locked planets around M and K dwarfs. Finally, in biochemistry Philippi investigates N$_2$ fixation in Proterozoic analogue conditions. Happy reading!
Astrobiology
Science Goals and Objectives for the Dragonfly Titan Rotorcraft Relocatable Lander – Barnes et al. – The Planetary Science Journal
High pCO2 Reduces Sensitivity to CO2 Perturbations on Temperate, Earth-Like Planets Throughout Most of Habitable Zone – Graham – Astrobiology
Searching for life on Mars and its moons – Hyodo et al. – Science
Habitability Models for Astrobiology – Méndez et al. – Astrobiology
Idealized 2D Cloud-Resolving Simulations for Tidally Locked Habitable Planets – Song et al. – preprint
Biochemistry
Purple sulfur bacteria fix N2 via molybdenum-nitrogenase in a low molybdenum Proterozoic ocean analogue – Philippi et al. – Nature Communications