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Q&A Could a planet have a week long day and a week long night depending on the season?

Essentially I'm looking for a plausible way that a planet could have odd, extreme seasons. Basically I'm wondering how (or if) a planet could work that has a week long day during the summer and a w...

3 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Shawn‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Shawn‭

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Q&A Sleep Cycles on very fast and very slow rotating worlds Part 1

Related previous question. How would sleep cycles work on planets with day-night cycles greater than 48 hours or less than 6 hours? This part is primarily for wildlife that evolved there. Native ...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Aezyc‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Aezyc‭

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Q&A Does day length determine metabolism?

Would an organism that evolved on a world with a short day length have a faster metabolism in comparison to one that evolved on a slower rotating world?

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Aezyc‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Aezyc‭

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Q&A How would a 384 hour day/night cycle on a desert planet affect the weather?

The planet has a slow rotation around its axis, taking 384 hours for a full day and night cycle at the equator. There is one large continent which takes up around one third of the planets surface. ...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by sevvack‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by sevvack‭

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Q&A How would the length of a day-night cycle affect a planet's climate?

I am envisioning a habitable world with an atmosphere comparable to earth's in which one day is extremely long (>100 earth years). Human settlers have successfully colonized a small portion of t...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Gabe L‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Gabe L‭

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Q&A Alien Life on a Venus-like World?

Trying to consider how a walking, socially-active sapient plant would evolve and the world it would live in. More specifically, how would something which is essentially a walking tree living in a d...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by adb1‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by adb1‭