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Habitability of my world
For a big narrative project of mine I and my team developed an habitable moon that revolves around a gas giant in a star system with an F-star. I wanted to know what you think about it and if you ...
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Is my binary planet realistic?
I had this idea for a terrestrial planet-ice giant binary system. Both planets had their origin inside the outer solar system but were moved into the habitable zone by a passers-by black hole.
The ...
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What conditions to make this habitable moon plausible?
I'm trying to figure out how to make this gas giant moon habitable.
Here are the factors involved:
Moon is sub-temperate, mountainous with a nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere, with the planet being mainly ...
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Life on a rogue planet
I am imagining a special ecosystem on a rogue planet (a planet that wanders throughout space without orbiting a star or other heavenly object) but I would need your help to fill in the gaps and ...
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Is this habitable moon possible?
I've already asked a similar question but i'd like more details.
This moon would be orbiting around a saturn like planet without rings.
The host planet would be located in the habitable zone, ...
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Conditions for human life in a Jupiter-like system
I was wondering about a setting where a moon orbiting a gas giant can sustain human life on its surface, i.e. with nearly identical conditions compared to Earth (e.g. size, gravity, mean temperature, ...
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Is it possible for life to exist on the core of a gas planet?
I was thinking of writing a story and had the idea of having a society exist on the core of a gas planet. The core would be similar to earth with a breathable atmosphere similar to ours above it but ...
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Can this unique planet be colonized?
In the story I'm writing, a gas dwarf (named Eden) is discovered in a triple star system. Its atmosphere is mainly oxygen and water based, and its gravity is slightly higher than Earth's.
Unlike our ...
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Can a gas giant have its own habitable zone?
Gas giants can generate heat via the Kelvin-Helmholtz mechanism. It's oft-repeated that Jupiter actually generates more heat internally via this method than it receives from the Sun. Scale this ...
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Is a Jupiter-sized planet plausible in a habitable zone?
We lived through loads of questions regarding aquatic races, so buckle up, I am going to gather some ideas around insectoids.
The homeworld and race
This race lives on a planet which has lower ...
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