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| Apr 13, 2019 at 1:49 | comment | added | elemtilas | Sorry I missed the bit about sensing the magnetic fields! | |
| Apr 13, 2019 at 1:44 | comment | added | Ville Niemi | @elemtilas They can feel the sun. Both the heat like humans can but also the way the magnetic field changes. Also they'd probably figure out that air is less dense higher up and then wonder up what happens when the air "runs out". It should be obvious that the sun is outside of atmosphere. But seriously it would probably happen organically as technology develops. A moon like we have could be deduced from the tides but the rest would be discovered with technology like we found galaxies and other star systems. | |
| Apr 12, 2019 at 23:42 | comment | added | elemtilas | Excellent response! But I have a question: how does this species know there's anything Out There to begin with? Echolocation only works in a medium (like water or air) --- it's sound waves. | |
| Apr 12, 2019 at 18:09 | history | answered | Ville Niemi | CC BY-SA 4.0 |