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How can a portal that connects two planets affect the environment?
In my world there are two planets within the same solar system, which are connected approximately every seven cycles through a portal that opens for a few days.
The planets are very similar.
The ...
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Effect of brighter suns on eyes on a creature on a world orbiting a red dwarf
I know that red dwarf stars are dimmer than ours. But I also know that red dwarf stars emit a lot of infrared light, so creatures on a world orbiting it would have eyes that see infrared light.
If a ...
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What are reasonable rotation rates of an Earth-like world?
I have the radius, volume, mass and density figured out. It does not have a moon. I do wonder how that will affect the rotation. The Earth's rotation was considerably faster before the creation of the ...
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What kind of environment would lead to dominantly yellow foliage?
I'm looking for various factors; Atmosphere Composition, Type of Sun, etc, whatever would work. That is, of course, if this is even likely/possible. I believe that yellow is generally not an ideal ...
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