Timeline for How Would Ammonia-Based Life Evolve?
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| Sep 24, 2019 at 19:31 | comment | added | TheDyingOfLight | "There may also be a thin layer of water clouds underlying the ammonia layer. Supporting the idea of water clouds are the flashes of lightning detected in the atmosphere of Jupiter." - from your source. The oxygen compounds would be in the core of the giant. This still might actually work, but then there is the issue that gas giant atmosphere biospheres are somewhat dubious propositions. Even if the locals use ammonia instead of water, beeing microscpoc sounds like a superior strategy in an atmosphere. Then again, who knows... | |
| Sep 24, 2019 at 19:24 | comment | added | Morris The Cat | @TheDyingOfLight In the universe, yes. In Gas Giant atmospheres, not so much: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter#Atmosphere | |
| Sep 24, 2019 at 19:22 | comment | added | TheDyingOfLight | Maybe. Explaining the lack of oxygen will still be hard though, as it is the third most common element in the universe. | |
| Sep 24, 2019 at 19:20 | comment | added | Morris The Cat | @TheDyingOfLight or gas giants. Who says you need a lithosphere at all? | |
| Sep 24, 2019 at 19:13 | comment | added | TheDyingOfLight | "The restrictions on water likely also extend to oxygen - it too is probably going to be rare on the planet." - So, there won't be an earthlike lithosphere? Most materials we call rocks are oxygen-rich compounds. This leaves us with the very unpleasant carbon and iron planets, both of which will mess a lot with the ammonia oceans. | |
| Sep 24, 2019 at 18:50 | history | answered | Morris The Cat | CC BY-SA 4.0 |