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caio  ·  4228 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Drake Equation: Are we alone?

I was just watching the great Neil deGrasse Tyson talking about that. The most common elements in the universe are, from most common going down: hydrogen, helium, oxygen and carbon. So if water is just two atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen, it might not be all that unlikely and maybe even the rule. Anyway, it looks like the best bet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abundance_of_the_chemical_elem...