Posts by Tharaib
EDIT: I eventually managed to find the absorption spectra of SO2 online - it absorbs in the ultraviolet range only, not in the visible light range, so the only factor affecting light transmitting t...
A ship powered by a black hole of a few hundred thousand tons (say, under $6 \times10^8$ kg, which would have a lifetime of several years and a power output of a few hundred petawatts) crashes (mal...
Situation: a large terrestrial planet (a 'super earth', around 9 earth masses with a surface gravity roughly double earth's) with a mostly hydrogen atmosphere and ammonia oceans (pressure is high...
What's the longest plausible orbital period for a habitable planet with a 3:2 spin-orbit resonance? I want a planet with a 3:2 spin orbit resonance (which would experience 1/3 of a year of nightti...
