Scientific Speculation - Posts tagged atmosphere

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Q&A Could a high-pressure, low oxygen atmosphere reduce fire risk while still being breathable?

1 answer · posted 8mo ago by Pastychomper‭ · last activity 8mo ago by dsr‭

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Q&A Is this planet's atmosphere stable and reasonable, and anything to keep in mind for lifeforms living in it?

3 answers · posted over 5 years ago by Canina‭ · edited 2y ago by Canina‭

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Q&A What Factors Could Cause a World to See "Northern" Lights Much Closer to the Equator?

4 answers · posted 8y ago by Liath‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Canina‭

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Q&A What can I add to an oxygen/nitrogen atmosphere to make it unpalatable or poisonous to humans, yet stable and breathable to local creatures?

9 answers · posted over 5 years ago by Canina‭ · edited over 2 years ago by Canina‭

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Q&A Is it feasible to have an oxidizing planetary atmosphere without the presence of an organic photosynthesis of some kind on the planet?

1 answer · posted over 2 years ago by RosesBouquet‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by RosesBouquet‭

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Q&A Properties of an Argon based gas giant

1 answer · posted over 2 years ago by RMurphy-Keith‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by RMurphy-Keith‭

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Q&A What would a thicker atmosphere do to plant growth/evolution?

0 answers · posted over 2 years ago by DehLeprechaun‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by DehLeprechaun‭

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Q&A Artificial oxygen oasis in an otherwise CO2 atmosphere

3 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Anixx‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Anixx‭

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Q&A An Earth with a permanent winter state with drastically reduced temperature, dark skies and mass extinctions

1 answer · posted over 2 years ago by Space_Cadet‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Space_Cadet‭

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Q&A What would happen if the mass of air around earth doubled?

3 answers · posted over 2 years ago by chase leffers‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by chase leffers‭

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Q&A Are there *plausible* planetary conditions where jet aircraft just don't have much advantage over propeller-driven aircraft?

2 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Tristan Klassen‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Tristan Klassen‭

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Q&A What does it look like inside a transparent glowing gas?

3 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Ichthys King‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Ichthys King‭

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Q&A Calculating average sea-level air pressure

1 answer · posted over 2 years ago by Lev‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Lev‭

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Q&A Can a perpetually darkening atmosphere exist and yet still allow life to evolve?

3 answers · posted over 2 years ago by QUESTER42‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by QUESTER42‭

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Q&A Can the color of an alien sky be calculated solely from atmospheric composition and the star's (or stars') spectral type(s)?

1 answer · posted over 2 years ago by John O‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by John O‭

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Q&A Feasibility of Hydrogen-Oxygen Atmosphere

2 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Starsong67‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Starsong67‭

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Q&A Could power be generated using the temperature difference in venus's atmosphere?

3 answers · posted over 2 years ago by meaninglessname‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by meaninglessname‭

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Q&A What are planetary side effects of having a thicker atmosphere?

1 answer · posted over 2 years ago by Vigilant‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Vigilant‭

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Q&A Planet With Higher Atmospheric Pressure

3 answers · posted over 2 years ago by user92101‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by user92101‭

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Q&A How would normal colors be affected if a planet's atmosphere was green?

3 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Primordial‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Primordial‭

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Q&A The One Problem With Terraforming and Colonizing a Super-Earth

3 answers · posted over 2 years ago by JohnWDailey‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by JohnWDailey‭

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Q&A Atmospheric isopropyl alcohol

1 answer · posted over 2 years ago by Lev‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Lev‭

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Q&A "Rich mix" methane/oxygen atmosphere on a planet -- how would life develop?

2 answers · posted over 4 years ago by Shalvenay‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Shalvenay‭

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Q&A Would this type of atmosphere be suitable for human life?

4 answers · posted over 4 years ago by A good username‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by A good username‭

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Q&A How to explain a planet with visible cosmos at daytime?

3 answers · posted over 2 years ago by JordanTheCynic‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by JordanTheCynic‭

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Q&A Could you fly a Boeing 747 on Venus?

4 answers · posted almost 3 years ago by Greenie E. - Reinstate Monica‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Greenie E. - Reinstate Monica‭

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Q&A Aerodynamics of propeller vs screw/fin based aerial propulsion

1 answer · posted over 2 years ago by user72590‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by user72590‭

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Q&A Dinitrogen monoxide as a gaseous oxidizer for life

2 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Aezyc‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Aezyc‭

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Q&A Can an atmosphere be thicker at higher altitudes?

5 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Renan‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Renan‭

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Q&A Asteroids with an atmosphere

1 answer · posted over 3 years ago by Sylvanus‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Sylvanus‭

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Q&A Carbon Monoxide Rich Atmosphere

2 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Aezyc‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Aezyc‭

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Q&A How could an Earth-like planet support all-metal airships?

6 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Vigilant‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Vigilant‭

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Q&A What would gravity, breath, and human bodies be like near the heart of the Earth?

2 answers · posted almost 3 years ago by System‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by System‭

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Q&A What would it take to slow down fermentation? (Specific: Wine / grape juice)

9 answers · posted almost 3 years ago by The Silhouette‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by The Silhouette‭

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Q&A Assuming a flat world and no obstacles, how far could you see?

4 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Cygnus X-1‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Cygnus X-1‭

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Q&A Are planets like the "To'ul'hian Worlds" from Orion's Arm plausible?

3 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Lawton‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Lawton‭

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Q&A How extreme can a habitable tidaly locked world be?

1 answer · posted over 2 years ago by Slarty‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Slarty‭

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Q&A How does composition change if you extend an Earthlike atmosphere 50km below sea level?

2 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Lawton‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Lawton‭

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Q&A Generating breathable air on Europa?

3 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Zxyrra‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Zxyrra‭

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Q&A Orange Suns and Blue Jupiters

1 answer · posted over 2 years ago by Arkenstein XII‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Arkenstein XII‭

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Q&A Alien planet concept: could a completely misty, dark atmosphere be possible?

3 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Double_S‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Double_S‭

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Q&A A character steps outside in the upper atmosphere of Venus- how sunburned is he?

2 answers · posted over 2 years ago by qazwsx‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by qazwsx‭

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Q&A Surface temperature of a icy rogue planet

3 answers · posted over 7 years ago by Jorge Aldo‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Jorge Aldo‭

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Q&A What would be the effect(s) of high-speed plasma impacting a planet?

2 answers · posted almost 3 years ago by Hunt Castle‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Hunt Castle‭

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Q&A Would there be Rayleigh scattering in an atmosphere of sulfur dioxide?

1 answer · posted over 2 years ago by URIZEN‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by URIZEN‭

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Q&A How to get a green gas giant?

4 answers · posted almost 3 years ago by Greenie E. - Reinstate Monica‭ · last activity almost 3 years ago by Greenie E. - Reinstate Monica‭

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Q&A How to figure out layers of the atmosphere?

2 answers · posted over 3 years ago by SealBoi‭ · last activity almost 3 years ago by SealBoi‭

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Q&A Astronaut Survival on a Toxic (Ammonia) Watery Planet

1 answer · posted almost 3 years ago by Jacob Badger‭ · last activity almost 3 years ago by Jacob Badger‭

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Q&A Jupiter Leaks Into Earth

2 answers · posted almost 3 years ago by BMF For Monica‭ · last activity almost 3 years ago by BMF For Monica‭

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Q&A What gas can replace ozone as a UV filter in a planet's atmosphere?

1 answer · posted almost 3 years ago by URIZEN‭ · last activity almost 3 years ago by URIZEN‭

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