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What would this nebula look like from a planet?

3 answers  ·  last activity about 2 months ago by Monica Cellio

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How can I safely brighten my secondary star?

5 answers  ·  last activity about 2 months ago by Monica Cellio

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

5 answers  ·  last activity about 2 months ago by Monica Cellio

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Would a sapient being sensitive to polarized light be able to see the angle of polarization in a photograph?

7 answers  ·  last activity 3 months ago by user2352714

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Would it be possible for humans to fly with mechanical wings?

3 answers  ·  last activity 3 months ago by Jenny

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Is radar better than visible light in deep space?

8 answers  ·  last activity 3 months ago by Willk

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What is the best form of powered vehicular flight within a McKendree habitat?

3 answers  ·  last activity 3 months ago by rek

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

1 answer  ·  last activity 3 months ago by Space_Cadet

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how big does my creature's organ need to blind or stun predator of all size?

4 answers  ·  last activity 3 months ago by user3556983

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Harnessing energy directly from the sun via quantum tunneling

2 answers  ·  last activity 4 months ago by Strivs

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Science of Green Lantern and solid light constructs

1 answer  ·  last activity 4 months ago by Strivs

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What FTL models are appropriate given my constraints?

5 answers  ·  last activity 4 months ago by John O

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

2 answers  ·  last activity 4 months ago by James Grossmann

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How can a "magic" mirror flash blind people?

3 answers  ·  last activity 4 months ago by Mephistopheles

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Can cherenkov effect be used for telling how fast FTL spaceship moves?

1 answer  ·  last activity 4 months ago by user6760

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So, how do I put the extra muscle, needed for flight, into a large flying creatures like dragons?

3 answers  ·  last activity 4 months ago by Mephistopheles

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Can we safe FTL from paradoxes by using a Multiverse?

5 answers  ·  last activity 5 months ago by mart

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How to build a wormhole for FTL communication? [more Engineering than Physics question]

2 answers  ·  last activity 5 months ago by Rodolfo Penteado

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A dragon, a gryphon and a tengu are flying toghether. How can they actually communicate?

2 answers  ·  last activity 5 months ago by Mephistopheles

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Can a "boneless" flying creature exist?

3 answers  ·  last activity 5 months ago by ProjectApex

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How can my Mage Light spell work?

4 answers  ·  last activity 5 months ago by Mephistopheles

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How can a dragon take off to the air silently?

12 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by user6760

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Why would a bird have split wings?

7 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by A Lambent Eye

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How to explain a planet around a K-Type star with Orange/Red/Purple plants?

3 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by McGerridae

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How would a bird's flight change entering the zero gravity axis of an O'neil cylinder?

1 answer  ·  last activity 6 months ago by RandySavage

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Mesas of hard(solid) light

1 answer  ·  last activity 6 months ago by Firelocke

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Humans surviving on surface without Sun

2 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by Adrian Zhang

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Could you fly a Boeing 747 on Venus?

4 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by Greenie E. - Reinstate Monica

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Navigating a sea of sulfur hexafluoride

3 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by KeizerHarm

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Aerodynamics of propeller vs screw/fin based aerial propulsion

1 answer  ·  last activity 6 months ago by user72590

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What would the view from a spaceship traveling through inter-galactic space look like?

1 answer  ·  last activity 6 months ago by marmel

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Would cold-blooded dragon be suitable for flying?

2 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by user6760

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How would a Dyson Swarm transmit energy to the Earth?

5 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by CYCLOPSCORE

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Scientific explanation for summoned creatures

3 answers  ·  last activity 7 months ago by Mephistopheles

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Could powered exoskeletons enable humans to fly?

7 answers  ·  last activity 7 months ago by Ajnatorix Zersolar

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Does gliding flight give any advantages to dragons in combat?

7 answers  ·  last activity 7 months ago by Mephistopheles

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Could you make Bat wings shaped like the different kinds of Bird wings?

6 answers  ·  last activity 7 months ago by Lot-Of-Malarkey

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Would it be possilble to light the dark side of a tidally locked planet using fiber optics from the right side?

1 answer  ·  last activity 7 months ago by Jerry

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Optimal posture for hexapodal dragon while flying?

3 answers  ·  last activity 7 months ago by Mephistopheles

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Would this dragon-rider combo be physically plausible?

2 answers  ·  last activity 7 months ago by Cas

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Could a person safely walk around with exposed skin under the sunlight of a red dwarf when it's not flaring?

2 answers  ·  last activity 7 months ago by Vorterox

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What colour would a flat world's sky be?

1 answer  ·  last activity 7 months ago by Haem

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Can a horse-sized flying creature grab and carry a human's weight while flying?

2 answers  ·  last activity 7 months ago by Li Jun

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How fast would a civilization with FTL spread out?

10 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by Jonas

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Does living without access to sunlight for extended periods have known physical or psychological effects on humans?

6 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by Monica Cellio

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Lightning striking full plate "” what's the damage to the wearer?

2 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by Mourdos

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Can an Io-like world exist in such conditions to allow this character to fly?

2 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by CAE Jones

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How can a being that can create electric attacks use targeted lightning storm strikes?

1 answer  ·  last activity 8 months ago by RandySavage

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How bright is the night with 18-22 AU distant star?

1 answer  ·  last activity 8 months ago by Failus Maximus

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could a robot fly with powerful enough electromagnets?

4 answers  ·  last activity 8 months ago by Cobbington

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