Liquid water has yet to be found on any other planet in the solar system.
< p> While we did not see any planet similar to the Earth. Although at the beginning of 2022, scientists have discovered almost 5,000 exoplanets, reports the Chronicle.info with reference to channel 24.
And although researchers can find out very limited information about each of these worlds… At the moment, nothing indicates that there is anything like the unique set of characteristics of the Earth.
So why else is the earth unique Water
Perhaps the most unique feature of the Earth as a planet is its vast oceans of liquid water over 70% of its surface.
Liquid water has yet to be found on any other planet in the solar system.
- Yes, Mars and Venus may have once had oceans.
- Signs of ice have been found on worlds from Mercury to the great asteroids and Saturn's strange moon Titan.
But nothing like the conditions on earth.
Tectonic plates
Water, by the way, is closely related to another feature of the Earth — its system of tectonic plates.
These are giant pieces of the earth's crust, slowly sliding along the underground ocean of magma, and forming both the planet's mountain ranges and oceanic depth.
What is important:
- Many scientists claim that water is the lubricant for tectonic plates.
- A their movement keeps the temperature of the Earth regulated — within ranges where liquid water can exist.
Life
All the factors we have mentioned combined to create the earth's exceptional uniqueness — its population.
- Simply put, Earth is the only world known to have life.
- Most importantly, Earth has intelligent living beings.
Able, by the way, to study the Universe around us. And who knows, maybe soon they will prove the opposite — that the Earth is just one of the worlds inhabited by intelligent beings.