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Posts by Stephanie‭

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Q&A Evolution of animals' eyesight on habitable planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1?

Recently there have been up to two habitable planets discovered around the star TRAPPIST-1, if animal life was able to evolve on either planets how would eyesight evolve under such a dim star? How ...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by Stephanie‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Stephanie‭

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Q&A Would aliens that evolved on low gravity planets be able to cope with Earth's gravity?

Let's say an alien species discovered Earth and wants to land here and establish contact, however their homeworld's gravity is only 46 percent of Earth's, Would it be possible for them to be able t...

5 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Stephanie‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Stephanie‭

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Q&A Maximum amount of habitable moons possible around this Jovian planet?

The gas giant has a mass of about 2.13 Jupiter masses in the habitable zone of a Sun like star 0.981 Sol masses, all the moons will need at least >0.12 percent of Earth's mass and a Mars like de...

4 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Stephanie‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Stephanie‭

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Q&A Habitability and orbital stability of these moons?

These moons orbit a Jovian planet with 0.52 Jovian mass and at 1.02 AU from a star with 0.98 Sol mass. 3.85 Days, 0.351 Earth, 0.68 G 15.4 Days, 0.242 Earth, 0.59 G 30.8 Days, 0.118 Earth, 0.44 ...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by Stephanie‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Stephanie‭

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Q&A Would it be possible for a planet orbiting a blue supergiant to develop intelligent life?

In Halo series there is an intelligent race called Unggoy that evolved on a planet caled Balaho orbiting a blue supergiant called Tala, I would like to know if it would be possible for an intellige...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Stephanie‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Stephanie‭

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Q&A Hydrogen sulfide replacing water?

Would it be possible to have alien life use Hydrogen sulfide instead of Water? I assume they are still carbon based. Also for a sunlike star what distances should this planet or moon be located?

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Stephanie‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Stephanie‭

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Q&A Hydrogen peroxide based life?

Would it be possible to replace water with hydrogen peroxide on an Earth like planet? I know water and hydrogen peroxide are similar, Also if this configuration is possible what may cause an Earth ...

5 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Stephanie‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Stephanie‭

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Q&A Would life still be possible on Earth if its atmosphere suddenly became as dense as the Venusian?

Assume that the atmospheric concentration is still the same 78.09% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen etc, except now just as dense as the Venusian atmosphere. Would humans be able to survive in this atmosphe...

6 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Stephanie‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Stephanie‭

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Q&A Can a planet have 10x Earth mass, 4x Earth gravity and support intelligent life?

In the Mass Effect series there's a terrestrial planet called Dekuuna with 10 times the mass of Earth, a surface gravity of 4G and a native intelligent race. I was just wondering if it was possible...

3 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Stephanie‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Stephanie‭

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Q&A Is there any biochemistry that could support life on a hypothetical moon of Planet Nine?

I know water would be out of the question, but what about liquid nitrogen or liquid hydrogen, Would silicon work instead of carbon?

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Q&A What are the evolutionary factors that could create a species that looks like E.T.?

Watching E.T. I was wondering what evolutionary factors could cause a species to have the appearance of E.T., like the environment he would likely live in and the gravity of his homeworld.

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Q&A Skin tones for humanoid species living on planets orbiting different types of stars?

For the following stars -A Class -F Class -G Class -K Class -M Class What are the most likely skin tones for each type of stellar class? Also for their eyesight how different is it to vary ...

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Q&A Is this planet possible in real life?

In the Halo series there's a habitable planet called Harvest with a diameter of 4,012 kilometres, and gravity 99% of Earth's, though the planet only has 9% of Earth's mass. If such a planet is poss...

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Q&A Minimum distance a planet can remain habitable from a sun-like star?

This one source is stating a desert planet the size of Earth could maintain habitability at 0.38 AU from a sun-like star, but I highly doubt this is possible. What are some factors that could make ...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Stephanie‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Stephanie‭

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Q&A Is this moon system stable?

The host star for this hypothetical system is 1.05 (M☉) The gas giant is 20 percent more massive than Jupiter and orbits at 1.40 AU, now I need to know if these three orbits are stable around th...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Stephanie‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Stephanie‭

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Q&A Is this planetary system stable?

The host star has a mass of 0.90 M$_\odot$ I'll refer to this star as Helios. I'll refer to the planets as Helios One, Helios Two, etc. Helios One is 0.55 M$_{\oplus}$ and orbits at 0.75 AU. It's ...

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Q&A Would an aquatic civilisation be able to exist under Europa's ice sheet?

If yes, what are some possible ways they could break through the ice and explore the surface?

3 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Stephanie‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Stephanie‭