OoL digest — April 24th edition

Astrobiology

Double ridge formation over shallow water sills on Jupiter’s moon Europa – Culberg et al. – Nature Communications

Modeling Virus and Bacteria Populations in Europa’s Subsurface Ocean – Gomez-Buckley et al. – Life

Acritarch-like Microorganisms from the 1.9 Ga Gunflint Chert, Canada – González-Flores et al. – Astrobiology

Origins, Worlds, and Life: A Decadal Strategy for Planetary Science and Astrobiology 2023-2032 – National Academies of Sciences – report

Sulfur Cycling as a Viable Metabolism under Simulated Noachian/Hesperian Chemistries – Oliver et al. – Life

New Signatures of Bio-Molecular Complexity in the Hypervelocity Impact Ejecta of Icy Moon Analogues – Singh et al. – Life

Astrochemistry

Precursors of fatty alcohols in the ISM: Discovery of n-propanol – Jimenez-Serra et al. – preprint

Astrophysics

Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE): V. Diagnostic potential of a mid-infrared space-interferometer for studying Earth analogs – Alei et al. – preprint

The long-term evolution of the atmosphere of Venus: processes and feedback mechanisms – Gillmann et al. – preprint

Biochemistry

Thermodynamic and Kinetic Sequence Selection in Enzyme-Free Polymer Self-Assembly inside a Non-equilibrium RNA Reactor – Göppel et al. – Life

Protobiotic network reproducers are compositional attractors: enhanced probability for life’s origin – Kahana et al. – preprint

Peptide Bond Formation between Aminoacyl-Minihelices by a Scaffold Derived from the Peptidyl Transferase Center – Kawabata et al. – Life

Freeze-thaw cycles enable a prebiotically plausible and continuous pathway from nucleotide activation to nonenzymatic RNA copying – Zhang et al. – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Biophysics

Self-organized critical dynamics of RNA virus evolution – Ge et al. – preprint

Planetary Science

Reduced atmospheres of post-impact worlds: The early Earth – Itcovitz et al. – preprint

Atmospheric Dynamics of a Near Tidally Locked Earth-Size Planet – Kane – preprint

Freshwater and Evaporite Brine Compositions on Hadean Earth: Priming the Origins of Life – Sahai et al. – Astrobiology

Detailed chemical compositions of planet-hosting stars: II. Exploration of the interiors of terrestrial-type exoplanets – Wang et al. – preprint