Moontanman Posted February 9, 2023 Report Share Posted February 9, 2023 Can life occur on planets with water oceans and hydrogen atmospheres? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vmedvil Posted April 23, 2023 Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 On 2/9/2023 at 6:21 PM, Moontanman said: Can life occur on planets with water oceans and hydrogen atmospheres? I think there are many biochemistries of life besides carbon based, so I tend to think that life could form on most planets in the universe. Link = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothetical_types_of_biochemistry Moontanman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moontanman Posted April 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2023 14 hours ago, Vmedvil said: I think there are many biochemistries of life besides carbon based, so I tend to think that life could form on most planets in the universe. Link = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothetical_types_of_biochemistry In the case I mentioned carbon as the base but the metabolism was based on hydrogen instead of oxygen. There has been some speculation about silicon being used on very cold worlds like titan with hydrocarbons as it's working fluids. The of course you have silicone being used on very hot worlds with possible sulfuric acid as the working fluid. There is some debate as to the the viability of silicon or silicone in these instances. There are others but most of them suffer from extreme rarity like boron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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