OoL digest — April 15 edition

This week we have 14 new papers on the origin of life. Enjoy!

Astrobiology

Necessary Conditions for Earthly Life Floating in the Venusian Atmosphere
Abreu et al. – preprint

Crustal carbonate build-up as a driver for Earth’s oxygenation
Alcott et al. – Nature Geoscience

CN and CCH derivatives of ethylene and ethane: Confirmation of the detection of CH$_3$CH$_2$CCH in TMC-1
Cernicharo et al. – preprint

A Computational Investigation into Hydrocarbon Growth on Extraterrestrial Mineral Surfaces toward Understanding the Carbon Discrepancy in Space
Clague et al. – ACS Earth and Space Chemistry

Habitability constraints by nutrient availability in atmospheres of rocky exoplanets
Herbort et al. – preprint

Introducing the Collection of Papers from the Second Workshop on Habitability of the Venus Cloud Layer and Related Research
Limaye et al. – Astrobiology

A Novel Abiotic Pathway for Phosphine Synthesis over Acidic Dust in Venus’ Atmosphere
Mráziková et al. – Astrobiology

The importance of continents, oceans and plate tectonics for the evolution of complex life: implications for finding extraterrestrial civilizations
Stern et al. – Scientific Reports

Atacama region as a planetary analog for astrobiology
Tavernier et al. – Boletin de la Asociacion Argentina de Astronomia La Plata Argentina

EELS: Autonomous snake-like robot with task and motion planning capabilities for ice world exploration
Vaquero et al. – Science Robotics


Chemistry

Selection in Evolving Chemical Mixtures
Capera-Aragones et al. – preprint


Microbiology

Hot springs viruses at Yellowstone National Park have ancient origins and are adapted to thermophilic hosts
Felipe Benites et al. – Communications Biology


Physics

The spark of life: discharge physics as a key aspect of the Miller–Urey experiment
Longo – Frontiers in Physics


Venus
Gillmann et al. – preprint