July 21, 2020 updates Posted on July 21, 2020 by Doug Loss Astrobiology and Cuatro Ciénegas Basin as an Analog of Early Earth https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-46087-7 Directed Panspermia: Synthetic DNA in bioforming planets https://researchoutreach.org/articles/directed-panspermia-synthetic-dna-bioforming-planets/ A torus-shaped solar sail accelerated via thermal desorption of coating https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273117720304750 Exocomets from a Solar System Perspective https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.09155 Exoplanets in our Backyard: A report from an interdisciplinary community workshop and a call to combined action https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.09231 Detecting Exoplanets Using Eclipsing Binaries as Natural Starshades https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.09623 Estimating survival probability using the terrestrial extinction history for the search for extraterrestrial life https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.09904 The search for disks or planetary objects around directly imaged companions: A candidate around DH Tau B https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.10097 A Super-Earth Orbiting an Extremely Inactive Host Star https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.10262