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Using Neutron Stars to Generate Electricity
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In my world building project I have a civilization that lives on a planet that orbits a Neutron star. Neutron stars have an extremely powerful magnetic field so I was wondering if it ...
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What could make a star green?
Stars are never green.
When a star's spectra "peaks" in the green range, it also releases a significant number of waves of the adjacent colors - so "green" stars appear yellow or ...
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How close to a magnetar could a generation ship get?
In the news recently, it has been discovered that the fast burst radio waves are coming from magnetars.
It is doubtful that a habitable planet could form anywhere near one, but such a star would be an ...
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How would the strong magnetic field of a white dwarf affect humans inhabiting a planet that orbits such a star?
Magnetic white dwarfs (MWD) comprise almost 2 % of all white dwarfs and they are characterized by having a strong magnetic field, whose strength varies between 1 T and 100 kT. Compared to the Earth's ...
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How much of a star can be covered in starspots?
Many stars, including the Sun, periodically display starspots, cooler areas of the surface associated with higher local concentrations of the stellar magnetic field. They can sometimes be a couple ...
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Stable orbit around a magnetar
I'm working on a setting for an RPG, and I'm trying to build my planet so it's unique and interesting, but also semi-plausible. My question is, could you have a planet in stable orbit around a ...
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What could make a star violet?
Part of a series I'm starting since the recent What could make a star green? did quite well and others could use the information here in their worlds.
There aren't any "violet" stars.
When a star ...
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Creating a stable split earth
So having read a couple of other questions on here, and postulating over this for a while, here's my question.
Is it possible to have two magnetars in a distant binary orbit, with an earthlike planet ...
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Could exoplanet with Earth's magnetic field orbiting a binary star system harbour intelligent life?
The binary stars system is comprises of a red giant with 6 solar masses and a Sun-like star, the exoplanet is orbiting in the Goldilock's zone with a molten iron core which generate a magnetic field ...
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Magnetic Celestial Bodies in Orbit
What would be the effect of large magnetic celestial bodies orbiting each other?
Could a star have enough metallic content to become magnetic?
What would the effect be on magnetic planets in orbit ...
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