Tags
A tag is a keyword or label that categorizes your question with other, similar questions. Using the right tags makes it easier for others to find and answer your question.
For questions pertaining to natural satellites, such as our own Moon.
685 questions
For questions that have to do with chemistry, chemical reactions be they biological or artificial, or the industrial processes of chemistry.
645 questions
For questions dealing with how bodies interact with each other in space via gravitation.
615 questions
For questions about rocks, minerals and the physical structure and substance of the world.
611 questions
For questions about the development and usage of powers and abilities beyond what is "normal" for a specific species.
607 questions
For questions concerning species that have settled on or near celestial bodies they are not native to and the challenges this presents.
599 questions
For questions related to plants and vegetation in general.
594 questions
For questions related to planets, moons, stars and other celestial objects, and their motion on the sky.
593 questions
For questions about the use of engineering to create structures and devices in other worlds, including whether or not a device could be made or what materials would be needed to make a device.
558 questions
For questions related to the climate, temperature and precipitation that a world might experience. Compare [climate] and [seasons].
549 questions
For questions relating to travel in time. Such travel may involve FTL travel; consider also using the [faster-than-light] tag.
542 questions
For questions about groups of societies and their defining characteristics and achievements.
529 questions
For questions about animals or non-sentient beings that are not found on Earth. These can be anything from dragons to Pegasus to your own made-up creature. They just need to not exist on this Earth.
527 questions
For questions relating to the structure or relations regarding a fictional military or its parts.
518 questions
For questions regarding the chemistry of living organisms.
505 questions
For questions concerning the immediate future, where technology is assumed to have advanced slightly while still recognizable to modern humans. Questions utilizing this tag should focus on a particul…
484 questions
For questions about sources of power, generation, storage, how much is needed to perform different tasks, etc.
477 questions
For questions about sources and types of nutrition for a living organism.
475 questions
For questions about planet Earth as we know it. Changed Earths (extra moon, closer solar orbit, etc) should use the [earth-like] tag.
463 questions
For questions dealing with events during an apocalypse scenario. Do not use for post-apocalyptic settings.
449 questions
For questions about the written or spoken language of a world.
444 questions
For questions about the viability of life in certain conditions. For example, it could be used in questions asking about the possibility of life on a planet or other astronomical body.
444 questions
For questions about luminous spheres of plasma held together by their own gravity, generally comprised primarily of hydrogen and helium.
440 questions
For questions involving dragons - generally large, reptilian, flying creatures famous in folklore and myths.
434 questions
For questions regarding the impact of religion in a given scenario or the creation of a religion for use in a fictional world.
431 questions
For questions regarding the properties and applications of both fictional and real materials.
429 questions
For questions regarding artificial structures that exist in space.
427 questions
For questions relating to the exchange of ideas and information between beings.
413 questions
For questions about the process of creating a new world or changing and developing an existing one, as opposed to questions about some element of the world being created or changed. NOTE that this is …
405 questions
For questions based on computers and other like devices having human-like intelligence.
404 questions
For questions about worlds other than Earth that are significantly different. This could be a water, ice, barren or other planet. For questions about planets similar to Earth with specific differenc…
394 questions
For questions regarding a star and the area comprising its gravitational dominance. While they are not part of its technical definition, it colloquially refers to the planets, moons, asteroids and ot…
359 questions
For questions relating to the thoughts and decision making processes of beings.
359 questions
For questions related to the act or process of flying through an atmosphere. Includes any means of propelling oneself through the atmosphere of a world, including biological or technological. Does not…
357 questions