coaxialgamer t1_iyk9gtd wrote on December 2, 2022 at 12:38 AM Reply to Do we have any compounds or materials on Earth that compared to the rest of the universe is incredibly rare? by SwordArtOnlineIsGood Phosphorus. It's critical to life, and yet so incredibly rare. We actually have quite a lot of it given the size of our planet. It's so rare that low availability of phosphorus galaxy-wide is seen as one possible explanation for the Fermi paradox. Permalink 4
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Reply to Do we have any compounds or materials on Earth that compared to the rest of the universe is incredibly rare? by SwordArtOnlineIsGood
Phosphorus. It's critical to life, and yet so incredibly rare. We actually have quite a lot of it given the size of our planet.
It's so rare that low availability of phosphorus galaxy-wide is seen as one possible explanation for the Fermi paradox.