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I don't think liquid can exist in space. If I remember from undergrad thermodynamics, the vapor dome describes states where liquid can exist, and (gas) pressur
by chasil 9mo ago
I don't think liquid can exist in space.
If I remember from undergrad thermodynamics, the vapor dome describes states where liquid can exist, and (gas) pressure must be present.
https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/strange-reason-space-wont-let-liquids-exist https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/strange-reason-space-wont...
- JumpCrisscross 9mo ago> don't think liquid can exist in space Ordinarily, no. Whether supernova remnants count as “space” might be an alternate phrasing of my question.
- mr_toad 9mo agoEven before it exploded it would have been less dense than water. It just goes from a hot cloud of gas to a cold one.
- chasil 9mo agoAs I understand it, a white dwarf is "electron degenerate matter," which is more dense. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_matter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_matter