(August 14, 2013 at 3:04 pm)ronedee Wrote: Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. But, to make water is vurtuially a miracle!
So, if we are talking "liquid" NOT H2O, that's something else!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Properties_of_water
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water#In_the_universe
Quote:Liquid water is present on
Earth: 71% of surface
Europa: 100 km deep subsurface ocean
Strong evidence suggests that liquid water is present just under the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
Liquid water is such a miracle, we've found it twice, possibly three times in our solar system alone!
BTW, all that is needed to create liquid water, is for energy to be applied to ice. Not a miracle, even virtually!
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell


