Posts by Astrid_Redfern
(This is the third in a series of questions, starting with Moved into further orbits to protect them, how much damage do Earth and Moon take when the Sun expands? and How soon does the Earth's surf...
Short version A far future catastrophe burns/melts away large chunks of the Earth and Moon. For reasons related to my story's fantasy elements, the remains of the Moon have about one fifth their or...
If "the local star" isn't our Sun, I think I can help you. Actually, I think I can even if it is the Sun, but in the far future. In "The End of the Sun", two such scenarios are described. These wi...
(Note: This is a follow-up question to my previous one: Moved into further orbits to protect them, how much damage do Earth and Moon take when the Sun expands?) Thanks to clever stellar engineerin...
If the ends of the wormhole can be moved, then maybe terraforming Let's imagine your explorers have travelled to a new solar system. It's got a type G sun, pretty much identical to our Sun. There ...
I've read the paper written by the researchers in the article you reference. I've also read its follow-up: "Creating a Traversable Wormhole". Disclaimer: I'm not a physicist, and much of it goes o...
This answer contains two answers, rolled into one. First the Moon, then the Earth. The Moon: The Moon - in short: Lots of green and black crystals, but because of the sun they look a bit bluer t...
Okay... it's not a precise answer, but here goes. I'll start by discussing my research into the Moon's solidification, since it's relevant, especially as the Moon took longer to solidify than the E...
As it happens, I know of a predator combining vocal mimicry with other forms of mimicry. This is so horrendously effective that it can infiltrate the colonies of its victims and remain undetected w...
