Which place on Earth has no life?

But it can't exist on every inch of the planet and scientists have discovered a place in Ethiopia where life can't find a way, according to a new study. In contrast with previous research, scientists conducted multiple tests and found that there is no life, not even microorganisms, in Dallol.
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Why there is no life on Earth?

All living things on earth have adapted to our atmosphere, which means all living things need our mix of atmospheric gases. Life elsewhere would be specifically adapted to their own conditions. Water is a really important ingredient to sustain the kind of life we know on Earth.
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What is the most sterile place on Earth?

The study, published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, revealed that any form of microbial life was absent in the hot, saline, hyperacid ponds of the Dallol geothermal field in Ethiopia.
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Is there life in Dallol?

Absence of life

In October 2019, a French-Spanish team of scientists published an article in Nature Ecology and Evolution that concludes there is no life in Dallol's multi-extreme ponds.
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Is Earth the only planet where life exists?

Among the stunning variety of worlds in our solar system, only Earth is known to host life.
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Who Named the Earth?

All of the planets, except for Earth, were named after Greek and Roman gods and godesses. The name Earth is an English/German name which simply means the ground. It comes from the Old English words 'eor(th)e' and 'ertha'. In German it is 'erde'.
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Can we live on Mars?

Human survival on Mars would require living in artificial Mars habitats with complex life-support systems. One key aspect of this would be water processing systems. Being made mainly of water, a human being would die in a matter of days without it.
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Where is the most acidic place on Earth?

The most acidic waters ever measured are percolating through an underground mine at Iron Mountain, near the northern California town of Redding.
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Is Dallol Ethiopia a desert?

Dallol features an extreme version of a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh) typical of the Danakil Desert.
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Is there any life in the Danakil Depression?

Known as the “gateway to hell”, the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia is scorchingly hot and one of the most alien places on Earth. Yet a recent expedition to the region has found it is teeming with life.
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Where does life exist?

Life forms live in every part of the Earth's biosphere, including soil, hot springs, inside rocks at least 19 km (12 mi) deep underground, the deepest parts of the ocean, and at least 64 km (40 mi) high in the atmosphere.
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Which sea does not exist on Earth?

The Sargasso Sea, located entirely within the Atlantic Ocean, is the only sea without a land boundary.
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Can bacteria survive in Death Valley?

6063 pp. 1720-1723) reported that a team of scientists conducting National Science Foundation-supported research in Death Valley discovered a previously unreported species of magnetotactic bacteria living in the brackish water of a Badwater spring.
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How old is the world?

Today, we know from radiometric dating that Earth is about 4.5 billion years old. Had naturalists in the 1700s and 1800s known Earth's true age, early ideas about evolution might have been taken more seriously.
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What was first life on Earth?

The earliest life forms we know of were microscopic organisms (microbes) that left signals of their presence in rocks about 3.7 billion years old. The signals consisted of a type of carbon molecule that is produced by living things.
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Is there life on Venus?

The possibility of life on Venus is a subject of interest in astrobiology due to Venus's proximity and similarities to Earth. To date, no definitive evidence has been found of past or present life there.
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What is the hottest city in the world?

It indicates the ability to send an email. Mecca, Islam's holiest city, is the world's hottest city. It is the warmest inhabited place on earth, with an average annual temperature of 87.3 degrees Fahrenheit. In summer, temperatures can reach 120 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Can you visit Dallol?

Touted as one of Earth's most volcanic regions, Dallol in Danakil Desert of has long been abandoned. Except a few locals, or 'Afar' as they are called, the region is hardly visited by tourists.
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Which area in Africa are the hottest?

The hottest average temperature on Earth is at Dallol, Ethiopia, which averages a temperature of 33.9 °C (93.0 °F) throughout the year. The hottest temperature recorded within Africa, which was also the world record, was 57.8 °C (136.0 °F) at 'Aziziya, Libya on September 13, 1922.
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Can you swim in acid lake?

A dip into Kawah Ijen's highly acidic waters would be deadly. Nothing beats a refreshing dip in a lake on a hot summer day, but some lakes aren't as inviting as they may look. Toxic lakes are formed most commonly either on or within proximity to volcanoes.
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Is there an acid lake?

The turquoise lake in the crater of the Kawah Ijen volcano looks serene and inviting. It also happens to be the world's largest acidic lake. The water in the crater lake has a pH less than 0.3 on a scale of 0 to 14 (7 is neutral). For comparison, lemon juice has a pH of 2; battery acid has a pH of 1.
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Does anything live in acid?

Acidophiles or acidophilic organisms are those that thrive under highly acidic conditions (usually at pH 5.0 or below). These organisms can be found in different branches of the tree of life, including Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya.
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Does it rain on Mars?

Because of Mars' very low atmospheric pressure, any water that tried to exist on the surface would quickly boil away. atmosphere as well as around mountain peaks. No precipitation falls however.
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Can we live in Jupiter?

A: Jupiter is a gas giant, which means it probably does not have a solid surface, and the gas it is made up of would be toxic for us. It is also very far from the sun (sunlight can take over an hour to get there) which means that is it very cold.
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Can humans live on moon?

Unlike the Apollo astronauts, lunar settlers wouldn't be able to carry all their rations and resources on their rocket. It would be too heavy. Instead, they would have to make much of what they would need to survive out of the extra-terrestrial resources to hand. Unfortunately, these resources are pretty barren.
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