Monday, 2 November 2015

astrobiology - Why must a planet be in a star's "habitable zone" to have life?


I have seen many articles that talk about a star's "habitable zone" as the ring around it which is just the right temperature for planets to have liquid water, which is necessary for life. My question is, why does a planet need to have liquid water in order to sustain life? Who says that extraterrestrial life can't live off of some other kind of sustenance?




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