July 8, 2022 updates Posted on July 8, 2022July 11, 2022 by Doug Loss Molecular Precursors of the RNA-World in Space: New Nitriles in the G+0.693−0.027 Molecular Cloud https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2022.876870/full Self-replicating probes are imminent – implications for SETI https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-astrobiology/article/selfreplicating-probes-are-imminent-implications-for-seti/2CB214D26020D497D48AE489756BEE77 Curbing the fruitfulness of self-replicating machines https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-astrobiology/article/curbing-the-fruitfulness-of-selfreplicating-machines/2B67DD2951C7E20C4103DD40D87D6641 A mission architecture to reach and operate at the focal region of the solar gravitational lens https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.03005 The GAPS Programme at TNG XL: A puffy and warm Neptune-sized planet and an outer Neptune-mass candidate orbiting the solar-type star TOI-1422 https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.03293 ACCESS: Confirmation of a Clear Atmosphere for WASP-96b and a Comparison of Light Curve Detrending Techniques https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.03479