Recent content by Howie BL

Woa, thanks for the insight! Wasn't expecting so much info. I have to confess I've only read the first few books and that was quite a while ago, so the TV adaptation is fresher in my mind. The novels do (as they usually tend to) go into more detail and build up the concepts more naturally and...

Hi I'm a big fan of the Expanse (both the novel and TV series), largely because of its attention to scientific detail. But there are a few (pedantic) things that bothered me.. anyone agree / disagree? 1/ Mag-boots. This bothers me most of all. We're told that humanity has overcome the...

Stefan - thanks for the extra detail! Really really helpful. This physics forum is pretty awesome..

Thanks both!

Thanks for the reply! The concept of this 'mini star' coming into existence is 100% borne of imagination and fantasy. But I'm interested in the realistic impact such a phenomenon would have (the details of destruction). An electroweak star sounds like the closest thing to what I'm trying to...

Hello I'm in the process of writing a novel and there is one specific event that I need help nailing down. The story is very much fantasy / science fiction, so reality is no barrier, however I want to stay as true as possible to laws of physics. Skipping background details, imagine a mini...