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The purpose of this question is in regard to the possiblity of life forming on another planet where there is no water present.

2007-11-05 10:36:09 · 2 answers · asked by jeffdanielk 4 in Science & Mathematics Chemistry

2 answers

Mercury. That would not interest you.

Silicones. But Spock keeps informing Capt. Kirk about carbon-based life frms.

2007-11-05 10:42:38 · answer #1 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 0 0

Under sufficient pressure, ammonia, CO2,
and methane would be liquid at room temperature.
(These might be viewed as organic, but were present
in the cloud that formed the solar system and in the
atmospheres of some planets.)
You might ask:
Why restrict the search for other life chemistries
to room temperature?
Life might occur faster in a high energy environment,
or slower in a low one and still grow and reproduce.
( There is some odd chemical energy interchange,
with sulfur, going on in the atmosphere of Venus
@ high temp.s eg.- same group as oxygen......)

2007-11-05 11:06:15 · answer #2 · answered by Irv S 7 · 0 0

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