Life Without Water: Warm Salty Worlds ⚡ экспресс
Original: "Warm, water-depleted rocky exoplanets with surface ionic liquids: A proposed class for planetary habitability"
On planets where water has long since turned to vapour, life might rely on molten salt—this discovery pushes the boundaries of the search for habitable worlds.
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Warm, oily salts could be the key to life on planets too hot for water. These ‘liquid salts’ don’t dry out even under a blazing sun. In the lab, they were created from volcanic acid and organic gunk. This means the search for extraterrestrial life should look into dry, hot worlds as well.
🎯 You can make liquid salt for biochemistry in just a few days from volcanic acid and carbon-rich gunk—common ingredients on many planets.