YouAreGenuinelyDumb t1_j0hf37i wrote
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High pressure liquid water can be used by life, as we have some examples on Earth like extremophiles and deep sea marine life.
I don’t know enough about supercritical fluids to answer that one. I think steam could be used by organisms, but I would presume that they would condense it to liquid water for their actual use.
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