Since water can evaporate at any temperature (or even sublimate at less than 0°C, although at a very low rate: Why does water not evaporate in below 0 degrees?), could there be a water cycle if there was no Sun? Would evaporation or sublimation of water occur with no external source of heat (even if extremely slowly),that then could fall as precipitations (in form of ice, snow, water...)?
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To have a water cycle you need water to evaporate and condense on the surface of the water at different rates. Without an outside source of energy it would reach equilibrium and there wouldn't be excess humidity condensing into clouds readily.
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