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Global Abiotic Sulfur Cycling on Earth-like Terrestrial Planets
Rafael Rianço-Silva, Javed Akhter Mondal, Matthew A. Pasek +3
Sulfur is a redox active element that may have helped mediate an electron flow that kickstarted life and which presently is an essential element for all life on Earth. Despite curr…
Large Uncertainties in the Thermodynamics of Phosphorus (III) Oxide (PO) Have Significant Implications for Phosphorus Species in Planetary Atmospheres
William Bains, Matthew A. Pasek, Sukrit Ranjan +3
Phosphorus (III) oxide (PO) has been suggested to be a major component of the gas phase phosphorus chemistry in the atmospheres of gas giant planets and of Venus. However,…
When did Life Likely Emerge on Earth in an RNA-First Process?
Steven A. Benner, Elizabeth A. Bell, Elisa Biondi +7
The widespread presence of ribonucleic acid (RNA) catalysts and cofactors in Earth's biosphere today suggests that RNA was the first biopolymer to support Darwinian evolution. Howe…