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A comment on NASA’s Webb finds carbon source on surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa. Parent comment

Re:NASA’s Webb finds carbon source on surface of Jupiter’s m... by ghayes on Thursday September 21, 2023 @08:16PM (#37606253)
If those hydrogen and oxygen atoms had not previously been bonded into H2O, you would have to say this is “new” water, right?
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Re:NASA’s Webb finds carbon source on surface of Jupiter’s m... by prawn on Thursday September 21, 2023 @08:40PM (#37606448)
Water of Theseus!
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Re:NASA’s Webb finds carbon source on surface of Jupiter’s m... by foota on Thursday September 21, 2023 @10:39PM (#37607232)
What if they bonded with different atoms? To get truly duplicate water it would need to find its partner(s, who knew water was poly), I suspect the odds are low :-)
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