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Dragonfly: Auf der Spur der chemischen Ursprünge des Lebens
https://dauckchristian.home.blog/2026/03/14/dragonfly-auf-der-spur-der-chemischen-ursprunge-des-lebens/ #DragonflyMission #NASA #Titan #SpaceExploration #Astrobiology #Saturn #OceanWorld #OriginOfLife #SpaceScience #PlanetaryScience #Chemistry #SearchForLife #TitanDragonfly

Dragonfly: Auf der Spur der chemischen Ursprünge des Lebens

In einem Reinraum des Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, entsteht derzeit eines der ungewöhnlichsten Raumfahrzeuge, das je für die Erforschung unseres Sonnensystems gebau…

Zukunftsprojekt Deutschland und Europa 4.0 – KI und Quantencomputing für moderne Sicherheit, Zukunftstechnologien und Astrobiologie

Günce Bil Mar 2

Bilim insanları, asteroid çarpmalarıyla uzaya savrulan kaya parçalarının içinde mikroskobik canlıların hayatta kalabileceğini ve yaşamın gezegenler arası transferini sağlayabileceğini kanıtladı. Mars’tan Dünya’ya yaşam taşınmış olabileceği teorisi, laboratuvar deneyleriyle desteklendi. Bu keşif, yaşamın kökeni ve uzaydaki izleri hakkında yeni sorular doğuruyor.

#Panspermia
#LifeFromSpace
#MarsToEarth
#SpaceMicrobes
#OriginOfLife

NewsletterTF Feb 23

Investigating the Geographical Origins of First Life on Earth

Where did life on Earth start first? Scientists look at deep oceans and volcanoes to find out if we will find life on Mars or other moons.

#originoflife, #deepseavents, #volcanicpools, #nasamars, #earlyearth

https://newsletter.tf/where-did-life-on-earth-start-first-ocean-vs-volcano/

NewsletterTF Feb 23

Scientists are choosing between the deep ocean and land volcanoes for the start of life. This choice tells us if we should look for aliens on Mars or icy moons.

#originoflife, #deepseavents, #volcanicpools, #nasamars, #earlyearth

https://newsletter.tf/where-did-life-on-earth-start-first-ocean-vs-volcano/

Where did life on Earth start first and how it changes our search for aliens

Where did life on Earth start first? Scientists look at deep oceans and volcanoes to find out if we will find life on Mars or other moons.

Evan Genest Feb 19

By constructing family trees of the oldest and most divergent forms of life, phylogeneticists have tried to push back to the last universal common ancestor (LUCA).

https://aeon.co/essays/life-on-earth-emerged-fast-far-quicker-than-we-thought

One such attempt created a family tree of 102 species, focusing on microorganisms, as those are the oldest forms of life. They calibrated their tree using 11 dates known from the fossil record. The headline finding was that LUCA was at least 3.9 billion years old.

In 2024, many of the same researchers returned with a more detailed analysis of LUCA based on more than 3,500 modern genomes. This suggested LUCA lived between 4.09 and 4.33 billion years ago, with a best estimate of around 4.2 billion.

#life #originoflife #fossils #biochemistry

Life on Earth emerged fast. Far quicker than we thought | Aeon Essays

It’s time to rethink how we study life’s origins. It emerged far earlier, and far quicker, than we once thought possible

Aeon

Manlio De Domenico Feb 15

Meteorites, asteroids, and comets can host prebiotic organic compounds. Amino acids in extraterrestrial materials originate from diverse precursor sources or formation mechanisms and/or undergo varied postformation alteration. #Bennu ☄️ #OriginOfLife? www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Multiple formation pathways fo...

Ars Technica News Feb 13

Tiny, 45 base long RNA can make copies of itself https://arstechni.ca/NuBC #biochemistry #originoflife #evolution #ribozymes #Science #Biology #RNA

Tiny, 45 base long RNA can make copies of itself

Self-copying RNAs may have been a key stop along the pathway to life.

Ars Technica

Steve Dustcircle 🌹Feb 2

Her groundbreaking theory on the #originoflife was rejected 15 times. Then #biology proved her right.

https://www.upworthy.com/lynn-margulis-symbiosis

Her groundbreaking theory on the origin of life was rejected 15 times. Then biology proved her right.

Lynn Margulis had the audacity to challenge Darwin. And we're lucky she did.

Upworthy

michael Jan 28

here's the paper about those interstellar peptides: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-025-02765-7
#science #astrobiology #originOfLife

An interstellar energetic and non-aqueous pathway to peptide formation - Nature Astronomy

The formation of glycylglycine, a simple peptide molecule, is possible under non-aqueous interstellar conditions, according to laboratory experiments. Thus, complex organics with biological relevance may predate planetary accretion.

Nature

Miro Collas Jan 23

Giant Virus From Japan is Rewriting the Origin of Life - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8nnEYBmAzY

#Biology #Evolution #OriginOfLife #Viruses

Giant Virus From Japan is Rewriting the Origin of Life

YouTube