April 2025 News and research links.
Edwin Rod
April 2025 News and research links.
Hi Everyone
Please find this month’s news and research items below the link to K2-18 b makes for interesting reading.
Research papers
Prototaxites was an extinct lineage of multicellular terrestrial eukaryotes
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.14.643340v1.full
A high-resolution survey of protoplanetary disks in Lupus and the nature of compact disks
https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.19504
There's more to life in reflected light
https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.08592
The Viability of Glycine Fermentation in Titan's Subsurface Ocean
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/adbc66
Deciphering Sub-Neptune Atmospheres
https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.09752
New Constraints on DMS and DMDS in the Atmosphere of K2-18 b from JWST MIRI
https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.12267
Energy-ordered resource stratification as an agnostic signature of life
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-58206-6
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Interesting News items
Interesting look at Venus
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/venus-could-be-much-more-volcanically-active-than-we-thought
Humans to Titan
Earth from Space
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/04/earth-day-the-wonder-of-iconic-satellite-images/
The Auckland Uni nuclear physicist unlocking secrets of the universe