posted by aprsa
on Mon, 11/24/2014 - 07:46
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A recent study recapped in this story hints at a possibility of super-critical carbon dioxide playing a role of water. In short, super-critical CO2 is a special aggregate state of CO2 at high temperatures and high pressures where it attains fluid properties while still in gaseous form, and becomes particularly well suited for organic compound hosting. A good read for all of you interested in possibilities of life outside our planet!