Origin of the RNA world: The fate of nucleobases in warm little ponds

Meteorites and the RNA World: A Thermodynamic Model of Nucleobase Synthesis within Planetesimals

(2016) Ben K. D. Pearce et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

First detection of gas-phase ammonia in a planet-forming disk

(2016) Vachail N. Salinas et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Rapid emergence of life shown by discovery of 3,700-million-year-old microbial structures

(2016) Allen P. Nutman et al.   NATURE

First detection of gas-phase ammonia in a planet-forming disk

(2016) Vachail N. Salinas et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

RNA Oligomerization in Laboratory Analogues of Alkaline Hydrothermal Vent Systems

(2015) Bradley T. Burcar et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Effect of Nontronite Smectite Clay on the Chemical Evolution of Several Organic Molecules under Simulated Martian Surface Ultraviolet Radiation Conditions

(2015) Olivier Poch et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

A simple framework to quantitatively describe monthly precipitation and temperature climatology

(2015) Wouter R. Berghuijs et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY

Nucleoside phosphorylation by the mineral schreibersite

(2015) Maheen Gull et al.   Scientific Reports

Salt-Promoted Synthesis of RNA-like Molecules in Simulated Hydrothermal Conditions

(2014) Laura Da Silva et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

Mathematical simulation of nonstationary regimes of natural convection in a cubical enclosure with finite-thickness heat-conducting walls

(2013) M. A. Sheremet   Journal of Engineering Thermophysics

A simple method for the determination of the porosity and tortuosity of meteorites with ultrasound

(2013) D El Abassi et al.   Journal of Geophysics and Engineering

Evidence for biogenic graphite in early Archaean Isua metasedimentary rocks

(2013) Yoko Ohtomo et al.   Nature Geoscience

Selective Stabilization of Ribose by Borate

(2013) Yoshihiro Furukawa et al.   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES

Ultraviolet Shadowing of RNA Can Cause Significant Chemical Damage in Seconds

(2012) Wipapat Kladwang et al.   Scientific Reports

Two types of Archean continental crust: Plume and plate tectonics on early Earth

(2011) M. J. Van Kranendonk   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE

ON THE INTERACTION OF ADENINE WITH IONIZING RADIATION: MECHANISTICAL STUDIES AND ASTROBIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS

(2011) Nicholas L. Evans et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Assessment and Enhancement of MERRA Land Surface Hydrology Estimates

(2011) Rolf H. Reichle et al.   JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

Density, porosity, and magnetic susceptibility of carbonaceous chondrites

(2011) Robert J. MACKE et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

The oxidation state of Hadean magmas and implications for early Earth’s atmosphere

(2011) Dustin Trail et al.   NATURE

Primordial Ocean Chemistry and its Compatibility with the RNA World

(2011) Jeremy Kua et al.   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES

Carbonaceous meteorites contain a wide range of extraterrestrial nucleobases

(2011) M. P. Callahan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fluid flow and chemical alteration in carbonaceous chondrite parent bodies

(2010) Jennifer Palguta et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

The Carancas meteorite impact crater, Peru: Geologic surveying and modeling of crater formation and atmospheric passage

(2010) T. KENKMANN et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

The Hadean-Archaean Environment

(2010) N. H. Sleep   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

THE DIFFERENT EVOLUTION OF GAS AND DUST IN DISKS AROUND SUN-LIKE AND COOL STARS

(2009) I. Pascucci et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Why aqueous alteration in asteroids was isochemical: High porosity≠high permeability

(2009) Philip A. Bland et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Detection of Geothermal Phosphite Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography

(2009) Herbe Pech et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microbial habitability of the Hadean Earth during the late heavy bombardment

(2009) Oleg Abramov et al.   NATURE