https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/categories/15/tags/2091.rssNew Posts Tagged 'magnetism' - Scientific SpeculationScientific Speculation - Codidact2022-06-17T14:34:09Zhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/286606What are the Ground Effects of the South Atlantic Anomaly?James McLellanhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/567002022-06-17T14:33:41Z2022-06-17T14:34:09Z<p><img alt="Picture of Earth's Magnetic Field, with South Atlantic Anomaly over Continental South America Hilighted" src="https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/uploads/CgeDJmUrapSa2358zpRu33...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/277124Magnet strong enough to rip the iron out of your body feasible? Cazadorrohttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/530352020-08-06T22:12:14Z2020-08-13T18:27:11Z<p>Is it possible, given a strong enough magnet, to rip out iron based molecules out of the blood stream/body of a person/animal? Would such an event be the thing that kills someone or are there ot...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/261738How to discretely sustain a plasma life-form?RandySavagehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/443002020-03-21T19:08:19Z2020-05-25T16:44:14Z<p>I have some plasma life forms that have evolved within the photosphere of a star and also capable of existing on a neutron star and the ergoshpere or accretion disk of a blackhole.</p>
<p>This ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/263339Could a creature using electromagnetic forces or something to do with ions fly?Chickenpeep Chickenpeephttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/441652020-05-22T21:57:38Z2020-05-23T00:38:38Z<p>This is a small arrow shaped creature that can fly without wings. Can it use electromagnetism to fly? Or maybe something to do with ions? Or however ufos are theorized to work?</p>
<p>I'm not ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/261851Magnetic sail on rotating shipAdam Reynoldshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/443982020-03-26T22:44:50Z2020-03-27T17:54:19Z<p>I'm thinking about a design like <a href="http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/slowerlight.php#id--Go_Fast--Starships--Colonized_Interstellar_Vessel" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this gener...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/261584Can magnetic fauna and flora on magnetic world knows gravity?user6760https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/373502020-03-17T03:16:26Z2020-03-17T04:40:27Z<p>Imagine an Earth sized planet consists of only ferrous metals, the creatures living on the planet move around like a maglev train basically they interact with the world and among each other elec...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/261117How does an intelligent race which can only perceives microwave develops written language?user6760https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/373502020-03-03T03:02:19Z2020-03-03T03:49:51Z<p>Imagine a race of humanoid alien living somewhere in the universe evolves weird sensory organ which can only picks up frequency of light ranging from 800MHz up to 2.5GHz which is in the microwav...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/258366How would the strong magnetic field of a white dwarf affect humans inhabiting a planet that orbits such a star?URIZENhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/440692019-12-08T00:52:29Z2020-02-25T19:02:41Z<p>Magnetic white dwarfs (MWD) comprise almost 2 % of all white dwarfs and they are characterized by having a strong magnetic field, whose strength varies between 1 T and 100 kT. Compared to the Ea...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/254685Mesas of hard(solid) lightFirelockehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/396172019-07-30T00:51:29Z2020-02-21T03:47:02Z<p>I searched the site and found answers saying hard light can't exist. Apparently in the three years since the last question was asked, <a href="https://www.iflscience.com/physics/crystallized-lig...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/255301Would nanotechnology-scale devices be vulnerable to EMP?Caninahttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/80492019-08-20T20:19:50Z2020-02-20T03:20:46Z<p>For the purposes of this question, let's use the definition of nanotechnology from the tag wiki excerpt: "technology that works with sizes of less than 100 nanometres".</p>
<p>An EMP can vary i...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/260578What would a darkness effect capable of blocking all electromagnetic radiation probably do?Davihttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/445152020-02-18T16:33:48Z2020-02-19T18:28:44Z<p>(As of 2020, February, the 19th, 12:23, I have decided to use a different method than the one originally proposed. The method itself answers the question)</p>
<p><strike>Imagine a spell an effe...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/259577How changing planetary ring affects the migration of terrestrial fauna?user6760https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/373502020-01-21T06:48:31Z2020-01-21T07:50:45Z<p>Imagine a gas giant as massive as Jupiter has a enormous planetary ring which will expand and contract throughout its orbit around a main sequence star. </p>
<p>Then there is a moon as massive ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/258515could a robot fly with powerful enough electromagnets?Cobbingtonhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/438192019-12-11T17:54:56Z2019-12-11T21:16:57Z<p>The robot in question is a large, worm-like mining robot built for digging tunnels. It has electromagnets positioned throughout the segments of its body, for the purpose of pulling metals out of...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/258248How much of a star can be covered in starspots?HDE 226868https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/363722019-12-04T14:58:46Z2019-12-06T17:29:53Z<p>Many stars, including the Sun, periodically display <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starspot" rel="noreferrer">starspots</a>, cooler areas of the surface associated with higher local conc...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/257991Can I improve internal combustion engine efficiency by slightly changing vacuum permittivity?Alicehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/300562019-11-25T09:16:42Z2019-11-25T11:53:54Z<p>Energy released in an exothermic reaction depends on bond energies of reactants and products. Since molecular bonds are electric in nature, at the first glance, increasing Coulomb's force should...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/257893Using Magnet Technology to Make a Rotating Space Station?Greenie E. - Reinstate Monicahttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/436042019-11-20T15:31:34Z2019-11-20T19:05:39Z<p>For an artificial gravity ring station, could you make a central hub, using similar magnet technology used to levitate magnet trains here on earth, to reduce the amount of mass rotating? My thou...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/226319What could make a star green?Zxyrrahttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/397492016-12-12T15:18:19Z2019-11-14T22:23:32Z<h2>Stars are never green.</h2>
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<p>When a star's spectr...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/257372How to protect oneself against strong magnetic fields?TheDyingOfLighthttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/432232019-11-03T21:25:06Z2019-11-12T08:13:22Z<p>Spacecraft in my Scifi setting use strong magnetic fields for many purposes. Fusion containment, magnetic nozzles, gauss guns, magnetic fields as pusher-plates for nuclear pulsed propulsion and ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/257548How much antimatter can we theoretically hold in a Minimum Magnetic Field Trap?Vogon Poethttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/442952019-11-08T20:54:32Z2019-11-09T00:31:22Z<p>I will be using <a href="https://newatlas.com/antimatter-starship/23345/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">solar antimatter production</a> via <a href="https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/Phy...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/215229How much charge would destroy the world?abcdehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/367252015-11-02T04:22:47Z2019-11-01T01:26:23Z<p>Someone invents a machine that creates electrons. It takes in some electrically neutral matter, and produces electrons of equal mass.<sup>1</sup></p>
<p>Let's consider two quantities of negativ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/257216Could a binary planet system have a shared magnetic field?user8840452https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/443142019-10-28T16:53:26Z2019-10-28T19:59:05Z<p>I want to have a two-world binary planet system where both have intelligent life, orbiting a single star. The two planets are assumed to be tidally locked to each other and orbit each other ever...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/206348What Effect Does Moving the Magnetic Poles of a Planet Have?Liathhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/25442014-09-23T07:22:24Z2019-10-11T15:07:03Z<p>On Earth the planet's magnetic poles line up fairly well with the geographic poles. This makes things like navigation very straightforward as all compasses point to (roughly) the north pole.</p>...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/234131Is it possible to use Magnetic refrigeration to cool down a sun probe, so that it could survive at least a few hours inside the photosphere?A.Z.https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/411722017-08-25T17:54:05Z2019-09-29T20:52:49Z<p>The probe in my mind is unmanned, with a super-reflective surface to deflect most of the energy from the Sun on all wave length, only absorb enough to power its operation. </p>
<p>Please also e...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/255873Can a planets magnetic field be strong enough to make floating continents?Chickenpeep Chickenpeephttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/441652019-09-12T02:10:06Z2019-09-12T19:11:23Z<p>I have a planet similar to Venus(similar size and atmosphere) that has floating continents in the atmosphere due to strong magnetic fields. If it is possible, what would the continents need to b...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/255680How could you build an artificial planet-sized magnetic field?Richard Boonehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/426542019-09-04T23:23:49Z2019-09-10T11:48:10Z<p>I'm conceiving of a world where humans can readily terraform worlds that were once considered "dead" due to the planet's magnetic field being long gone. In such a situation, what could humans d...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/255293Technology to see an invisible beingShalon Simshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/434992019-08-20T18:36:14Z2019-08-23T20:09:26Z<p>I have a world where there are two types of beings. One type, let's call them X, exist in our "dimension," and the other, let's call them Y, exist in another "phase" or dimension. </p>
<p>Only ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/255174If global radio communications systems are disrupted, what is the alternative?Red Robinhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/436822019-08-16T17:55:45Z2019-08-18T15:21:49Z<p>An event has occurred several thousand kilometers from the surface of the Earth. Let's assume some sort of tear in the universe has appeared, from which extra-dimensional or exotic energy is pou...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/247021Creating flying citiesStarHustlerhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/430572018-10-23T01:40:45Z2019-08-08T20:48:31Z<p>Writing about suspended cities within a planet's atmosphere! The story itself focuses on the air forces that fight for each of the hundreds of floating city states living in the sky, but that's ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/230043What would a realistic plasma shield look like?Arvexhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/402892017-04-02T12:38:36Z2019-07-30T12:58:58Z<p>A follow-up to my previous question-barrage:
<a href="https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/75994/properties-of-magnetically-confined-plasma-shielding">Properties of magnetically con...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/233450How can an optical signal be converted into a mechanical/acoustic signal without using electricity?JanKanishttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/412162017-08-03T16:35:15Z2019-06-26T22:59:15Z<p>There are several ways to directly convert acoustic/mechanic signals into optic signals (e.g. opening/closing a shutter, or the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acousto-optic_modulator" re...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/252739How do I give my planet a stronger magnetic field? Playing with variablesn_bandithttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/418112019-05-09T22:20:31Z2019-06-12T00:37:16Z<p>Let's say I have a terrestrial planet superficially like earth, except that it rotates much slower (about 10-15 days per rotation) and its atmosphere is ideally several times thicker. If I want ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/236508Is it possible to use a planet's magnetic field for transportation?OneSurvivorhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/416132017-10-30T23:25:25Z2019-06-11T06:11:32Z<p>On a planet, a species uses magnets (i.e. float in the air) instead of wheels for transportation. Roads are easy enough, just slap some magnets in it, at it works. </p>
<p>But I was wondering a...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/253029Complications of displaced core material?Greenie E. - Reinstate Monicahttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/436042019-05-20T13:39:42Z2019-05-20T19:31:59Z<p>If there were an absolutely terrible accident, and part of Earth's core was displaced toward the surface, making a bubble of liquid nickel and iron, what would be the major problems with this? <...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/213728Stable orbit around a magnetarnightninjahttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/378662015-08-26T14:07:01Z2019-05-03T17:54:22Z<p>I'm working on a setting for an RPG, and I'm trying to build my planet so it's unique and interesting, but also semi-plausible. My question is, could you have a planet in stable orbit around a ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/252428How could a planet's magnetosphere fail?MintySoftboihttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/437742019-04-30T12:45:02Z2019-05-01T05:03:59Z<p>I have a hypothetical world in the works and I have a rough idea of what it might be like.</p>
<p>My idea is that the planet was life-supporting with a widely varied biosphere. The magnetospher...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/252366Can the human body hypothetically be magnetized/magnetically aligned?Tomhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/64252019-04-27T22:27:30Z2019-04-27T23:11:39Z<p>I was thinking about how an MRI uses a strong magnetic field to align the spins of hydrogen atoms in the body. What I was wondering about was if the human body experienced a magnetic field much...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/228436How would a planetary ring react to a magnetic field?Mattiashttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/390022017-02-13T04:48:28Z2019-04-16T17:36:18Z<p>So for the story I'm writing, I'm designing is a gas dwarf with a very strong magnetic field and a planetary ring with a slightly inclined orbit. However, the rocks within the ring are very sens...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/251713Can the Meissner effect explain very large floating structures?SealBoihttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/61612019-04-03T19:02:50Z2019-04-03T21:10:32Z<p>James Cameron's <em>Avatar</em> featured floating mountains which stayed aloft due to the Meissner effect; they contained large quantities of the room-temperature superconductor unobtainium, whi...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/250797How damaging would a major solar flare induced EMP event really be?Pelinorehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/422132019-03-02T18:42:50Z2019-03-02T21:06:20Z<p>With specific attention to national <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_grid" rel="nofollow noreferrer">electricity power grids</a>.</p>
<p>Some pertinent details needed to answer...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/250275Carrington Event ShieldElectrocytehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/434852019-02-10T04:57:19Z2019-02-12T22:10:36Z<p>If a nascent colony world can be wiped out by a geomagnetic storm on a scale similar to the Carrington Event, what could the colonists build either in space or on planet to protect their electro...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/249386Is it possible to create light emitting creatures using selective breeding?ѕнÑєє ѕιиgнιhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/429712019-01-13T10:17:05Z2019-01-13T16:52:53Z<p>Suppose I take a group of alligators select the ones that emit the highest frequency of radiation (since all living creatures emit thermal radiation), and I breed those, and get rid of the rest ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/273376Can magnetism be what causes my flat Earth to accelerate?chasly from UKhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/36272018-12-14T11:52:27Z2018-12-17T07:51:08Z<p>It has been determined by observation of the stars that the gravity on Flat Earth is due to it accelerating upwards at 1G. This is what holds people and objects to the surface. It has also been ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/247989What size EMP device would be necessary to wipe all data in a Google-sized server farm, without major physical damage?John S.https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/431562018-11-27T14:17:34Z2018-12-10T23:30:14Z<p>I'm not sure if it's even feasible, but I have a server farm in my book, of a size that puts it on par with Google's. I want to wipe out all the data stored on the hard drives, without destroyi...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/247344Landing Pad Using Lenz's LawAdrienDaBosshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/419362018-11-07T15:11:01Z2018-11-08T12:21:17Z<p>In my universe technology is advanced enough to have non-jet and non-rocket booster technology. </p>
<p>For a disc shaped UFO all of the technology is crammed in the ship and there was no more ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/245850What is the most powerful magnetic field a planet could generate?kingledionhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/77042018-09-09T22:45:43Z2018-09-20T21:41:47Z<p><strong>What is the most powerful magnetic field that could be generated by a planetary object?</strong> The measurement of 'powerful' will be <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_fie...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/245872Would interplanetary transmissions in the Wolf 359 star system be detectable by Earth?JBHhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/29562018-09-10T08:30:44Z2018-09-10T18:55:49Z<p>Inspired by: <a href="https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/124365">How much electromagnetic transmission noise does Earth have to emit to be noticeable?</a></p>
<p><strong>Premise:...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/273259Could I use a series of magnetic asteroids to create a magnetic field for mars?Clay Deitashttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/428132018-08-31T23:27:16Z2018-09-02T00:44:12Z<p>If I push a couple of magnetic asteroids into mars gravitational field, could they form an interlocking series of magnetic fields able to protect mars from solar winds? </p>
<p>Size limits for ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/244998What is a usable formula for determining the necessary strength of a planet's magnetic field for it to be habitable?Pleiadeshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/63212018-08-20T14:08:01Z2018-08-22T23:00:41Z<p>To my understanding, part of the reason life is able to exist on Earth besides its ozone layer is due to its magnetic field, which protects the planet and its life against solar winds and keeps ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/245056How much electricity could an iron core moon passing over a copper deposit on a planet generate?Clay Deitashttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/428132018-08-21T16:15:38Z2018-08-22T14:08:32Z<p>Assuming the moon is the same size as ours and its core is generating a magnetic field, and the copper deposits are quite large, consisting of a tectonic plate containing huge deposits of <a hre...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/244736Applications of Electromagnetism in "Force Fields"The Eyehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/427972018-08-13T18:30:31Z2018-08-13T23:34:12Z<h3>Lengthy Explanation of Why I'm Here:</h3>
<p><strong>TLDR; "force field" made of electromagnetic radiation.</strong></p>
<p>Recently, I've decided to compile a list of possible technologies a...