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This depends heavily on how ships travel faster than light in your universe. Take Babylon 5: space travel is controlled by gates which allow you to enter and exit hyperspace. In this situation, s...
Planets which have something that we might consider to all be a single climate given the way we classify things based on earth is entirely plausible, for certain climates at least. Mars easily qua...
I'm going to take one of your examples here: the desert planet. Is that realistic and plausible? It turns out that it is realistic. Wikipedia describes a desert thusly: A desert is a barren area...
The size of a planet affects its gravity, its climate, and its likelihood of developing life. Earth is large enough for an advanced civilization to develop. A smaller body such as Europa, while a...
We are used to a world where humans are basically an apex predator; we don't really need to worry much about becoming some other animal's next meal. If that wasn't the case, and humans had to be w...
In many science fictions we see planets which are designated by a particular terrain type. For example, Dagobah is a swamp planet, Tatooine is a desert planet, and Kamino is an ocean world. Howeve...
Actually, and as also pointed out, auroras are sometimes seen in temperate latitudes on Earth, so are not restricted to high latitudes only (although they tend to be more common there). Taking Wik...
On Earth, solar flares can lead to displays of the aurora that are both more spectacular and visible farther south. Flares in September 2014 led to the aurora being visible in Maine, which is arou...
I'm currently designing a world where the inhabitants see the Aurora Borealis on an almost nightly basis almost all the way to the equator. The lights are so strong they rarely see the stars beyond...
While space is vast and infinite, mankind isn't. Travel 'lanes' through space may include known protected areas that are safe to travel in and free of navigational hazards. Established lanes and ...
I don't think it's unreasonable for shipping lanes to be established. There's a few reasons why shipping lanes become established on Earth: Currents As you've mentioned, the currents play a larg...
Would humanoid sized insectoid lifeforms be relatively slow considering that their exoskeleton would have to be rather heavy since it takes more 'armor' to get the same relative protection? Genera...
Would a world be able to sustain a constant low pressure area such that there would be a constant wind from one side to the other? Imagine that on one side of the world is a desert with some rock...
In settings with space travel we often see stories that rely on ships encountering each other, such as space piracy (which means you need to know where to wait in ambush), or distress signals that ...
Assume we have an Earth-like environment. If a tribe with only early medieval technology were to settle in a mountain environment: What resources would be needed to deal with the elevation, co...
