Water is the one unifying factor among all currently known forms of life. Even extremophiles on Earth still require liquid water. Water is awesome in that is a

Water is the one unifying factor among all currently known forms of life. Even extremophiles on Earth still require liquid water. Water is awesome in that is a universal solvent. It's plausible life could form around a different universal solvent, but to date, we don't have any evidence of it happening.