Browsing LPI Contributions by Subject "Life--Origin"

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Chirality in organic and mineral systems: a review of reactivity and alteration processes relevant to prebiotic chemistry and life detection missions

Lee, Carina; Weber, Jessica M.; Rodriguez, Laura E.; Sheppard, Rachel Y.; Barge, Laura M.; Berger, Eve L.; Burton, Aaron S.; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8151-3438 (MDPI, 2022-02-24)

Chirality is a central feature in the evolution of biological systems, but the reason for biology's strong preference for specific chiralities of amino acids, sugars, and other molecules remains a controversial and unanswered ...
Introduction—First Billion Years: Habitability

Rivera-Valentín, Edgard G.; Filiberto, Justin; Lynch, Kennda L.; Mamajanov, Irena; Lyons, Timothy W.; Schulte, Mitch; Méndez, Abel; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5058-1905; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5229-5515; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4042-003X (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2021-08-01)

The physical processes active during the first billion years (FBY) of Earth's history, such as accretion, differentiation, and impact cratering, provide constraints on the initial conditions that were conducive to the ...

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