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The shortest possible distance between a boreal area and a hot desert?

Have them encounter a Pumice Desert The type of dirt can change the overall environment drastically regardless of weather. …
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What is the maxiumum depth for an Earth like atmosphere?

I am sure most of you have seen Star Wars. In Episode IV: The Empire Strikes Back our heroes travel to Bespin, a gas planet with a habitable zone to refuel at the floating cloud city. Well of course …
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Can a planet with a dead core still generate a strong magnetic field?

Imagine a world with a dead core, like Mars, but covered in water. This world has managed to hold on to its atmosphere and quite a bit of its water as well. I'm sure the prodigious life there would be …
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What is the expected terrain for an arid highly eccentric Earth-like planet?

For this question lets take a trip to Slyo Dacas: Slyo Dacas (sil-yo-dak-iss) is a world roughly the same size of Earth with a decent magnetic field and no moons. The world is a bit drier than ea …
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What is the climate on a brown dwarf planet with split heat sources?

Here is another planet question for you planet enthusiasts. I have this planet... It's called Barahecio. The Mars-sized sphere's average temperatures hover near the freezing point of water. Of note …
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Equatorial icecaps and polar jungles a fantasy or reality?

I am writing a science fiction movie script and a planet idea came to me a few weeks ago: A planet with equatorial icecaps and polar jungles. As interesting and intriguing as this is to think about, i …
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