Astrobiology Daily News 6 May 2013

– Spectroscopy of Faint Kepler Mission Exoplanet Candidate Host Stars, astro-ph
– Photophoretic separation of metals and silicates: the formation of Mercury like planets and metal depletion in chondrites, astro-ph
– Bacteria Lofted To High Altitudes by Hurricanes, AGU
– Microbiome of the upper troposphere: Species composition and prevalence, effects of tropical storms, and atmospheric implications, PNAS
– Concentric Maclaurin spheroid models of rotating liquid planets, astro-ph
– Observed Properties of Extrasolar Planets, astro-ph
– Lofted by hurricanes, bacteria live the high life, Earth magazine