Scientific Speculation - Posts tagged planets

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Q&A Could a habitable planet lit by the cosmic microwave background plausibly exist?

1 answer · posted 5mo ago by celtschk‭ · last activity 5mo ago by dsr‭

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Q&A Are geographically typed planets realistic?

5 answers · posted 7y ago by Liath‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Canina‭

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Q&A Asteroid flux or: How to make a planet perfect for mining

1 answer · posted over 6 years ago by HDE 226868‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Canina‭

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Q&A How do seasons work in a binary system (planet orbits one star, not both)?

5 answers · posted 6y ago by Monica Cellio‭ · edited over 1 year ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A How much does my secondary star heat the planet orbiting my primary star?

3 answers · posted almost 6 years ago by Monica Cellio‭ · edited over 1 year ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Inverse orbital direction

2 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Zavael‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by HDE 226868‭

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Q&A Do seasons occur on a tidally-locked planet?

4 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Mister Onion‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by HDE 226868‭

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Q&A How do I calculate the loss of primordial heat for a given age and mass of a planet?

3 answers · posted over 2 years ago by TheDyingOfLight‭ · edited over 1 year ago by HDE 226868‭

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Q&A What could cause Earth to drift out of orbit over a period of months to years?

6 answers · posted almost 7 years ago by Monica Cellio‭ · edited over 1 year ago by Canina‭

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Q&A How to Calculate Apparent Magnitude/Brightness of Planets from Within the same Solar System

0 answers · posted over 1 year ago by A.E. Stephenson‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by A.E. Stephenson‭

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Q&A How large would be the habitable area in a tidally locked planet?

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Mister Onion‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Mister Onion‭

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Q&A Are these traits for my planet mathematically accurate? Could it support life?

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Praearcturus‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Praearcturus‭

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Q&A Earth-sized Moon with Host Planet launched from Star System

4 answers · posted over 1 year ago by user76027‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by user76027‭

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Q&A Properties of an Argon based gas giant

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

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Q&A How far above the galactic plane could an Earth-like planet develop?

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by Vigilant‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Vigilant‭

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Q&A How large and compact could a cold east Mongolia-like steppe be on an Earth-sized planet?

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by galactic_analyzer‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by galactic_analyzer‭

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Q&A Would a civilization living on a planet without a moon still come up with the concept of months?

6 answers · posted over 1 year ago by galactic_analyzer‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by galactic_analyzer‭

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Q&A How Would I Make an Oceanless World Feasible?

8 answers · posted over 1 year ago by The Weasel Sagas‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by The Weasel Sagas‭

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Q&A How can a rogue planet get energy for plants to use?

8 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Chickenpeep Chickenpeep‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Chickenpeep Chickenpeep‭

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Q&A Is there a plausible way to have a Gas Giant with two or more earth to mars sized moons orbiting it in the Habitable zone?

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Khwarezm‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Khwarezm‭

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Q&A Greenhouse Effect Strength- Ammonia World

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by Sam D. Jones‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Sam D. Jones‭

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Q&A Putting together a research expedition to an alien planet - what kind of scientists am I taking with me?

4 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Faz‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Faz‭

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Q&A When earth is filled to the brim with plant-life, can it cause a hyperoxic environment?

3 answers · posted over 1 year ago by chaeltom‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by chaeltom‭

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Q&A Temperatures on an Earth with a week-long rotational period

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Ryan Williamson‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Ryan Williamson‭

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Q&A Would it make sense to send potential human colonists on the initial manned expedition to a habitable, Earth-like planet?

5 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Space_Cadet‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Space_Cadet‭

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Q&A I want ten Earth-years long day on my planet. Can I have it?

6 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Zjerzy‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Zjerzy‭

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Q&A Is my planet realistic?

4 answers · posted over 1 year ago by LonelyCryptid‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by LonelyCryptid‭

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Q&A What is the tallest mountain possible in any gravitational environment?

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Slarty‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Slarty‭

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Q&A Binary Star System Build - Alpha Centauri

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by user72655‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by user72655‭

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Q&A Is it possible for a planet to only support liquid water at the poles?

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Ichthys King‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Ichthys King‭

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Q&A Could habitable planets form in an ultracompact galaxy?

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by RandySavage‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by RandySavage‭

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Q&A Would a life-bearing Earth-like world with 3g average gravity produce more or fewer flying creatures than Earth?

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by James Grossmann‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by James Grossmann‭

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Q&A Distance from Jupiter to minimize destructive tidal forces

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Carlos Zamora‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Carlos Zamora‭

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

3 answers · posted over 1 year ago by QUESTER42‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by QUESTER42‭

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Q&A How did aliens on a habitable planet hide themselves during the recon and scouting stage by human colonists?

12 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Faz‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Faz‭

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Q&A Planet with double the orbital period of Earth

4 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Julianne‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Julianne‭

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Q&A Is it possible for a planet to have an area saturated with lava but at the same time is still habitable to humans and other lifeforms?

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by In the name of the story‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by In the name of the story‭

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Q&A I'm formulating a planet that has silver dust on its surface, and ideally has rivers of mercury flowing on it, possible? Human survival not necessary

3 answers · posted over 1 year ago by RJ0001‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by RJ0001‭

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Q&A Giant planet renders one side of its moon deadly, the 'shadow side' habitable. How?

3 answers · posted over 1 year ago by N. Bleac‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by N. Bleac‭

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Q&A How Would I Believably Wipe Out an Entire Planet's Population and Culture Without Destroying Said Planet?

5 answers · posted over 1 year ago by The Weasel Sagas‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by The Weasel Sagas‭

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Q&A Plausible reasons for a whole planet to have a temperate oceanic climate?

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by The Weasel Sagas‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by The Weasel Sagas‭

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Q&A Would these processes be probable on this planet?

3 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Covision‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Covision‭

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Q&A Consequences of hitting a Pluto-like planet with a highly luminiferous meteorite?

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by CAE Jones‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by CAE Jones‭

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Q&A Are Geologically Dead Planets Habitable?

9 answers · posted over 1 year ago by The Weasel Sagas‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by The Weasel Sagas‭

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Q&A How massive would a planet need to be to sustain negligible damage from impact with the Earth?

6 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Wax‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Wax‭

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

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by Vigilant‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Vigilant‭

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Q&A What kind of climates and biomes would exist on the continents a tidally locked ocean world?

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by SentiCarter‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by SentiCarter‭

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Q&A What are some ways to hide a planet?

11 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Primordial‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Primordial‭

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Q&A Colonies on Jupiter

4 answers · posted over 1 year ago by CatSharkSnake‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by CatSharkSnake‭

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Q&A How can early people prove that their planet is a cuboid?

4 answers · posted over 1 year ago by user6760‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by user6760‭

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