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    Push Mercury out to Venus' orbit?

    So it would be cooler and mine-able? Given unlimited tech and wealth in a fictional setting.
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    Undergrad Interstellar Travel Without Propulsion or Time Dilation

    So much great material in these answers! Thank you. My idea was making the move outside of our universe, outside of Eisteinian space time. So no wormholes. Thanks again, all.
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    Undergrad Interstellar Travel Without Propulsion or Time Dilation

    I hope this is the right forum for this question. Imagine alien tech allows them to travel 1 million light years to Earth instantaneously. No thrust, vector, propulsion was involved. They didn't have to approach the speed of light, with its attendant increase in mass. Having arrived at earth, in...
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    Design Alien Skeleton w/ Copper, Calcium & Element: Tip?

    Could calcium and copper and say - boron, be joined into one substance? If not boron, then which element? I am trying to design an alien skeleton with copper, calcium, and ? I love copper and part of the idea is its distribution throughout the universe. I am asking for a tip about where to look...
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    Could Microbial Life Survive in the Harsh Conditions of Space?

    Thank you, sorry, My question is; in the current stew of real and imagined scientific knowledge that informs science fiction, what is the general opinion about creatures existing in space without breathing and exposed to extreme temperatures, radiation, and vacuum?
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    Could Microbial Life Survive in the Harsh Conditions of Space?

    They don't breathe. Their internal pressure greater than space. Radiation. Temperature. Micrometeorites. No picnic? Any recommended reading? Thanks.
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    How would you design your art planet?

    Custom storms... Yes. you can make good money doing that. I am thinking major bulldozing making mountains valleys,
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    How would you design your art planet?

    Custom storms... Yes. you can make good money doing that.
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    How would you design your art planet?

    You've finished with your garden planet and vacation planet, now you want to do something creative.
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    Life After Humans: The Rise of Homo Naledi and the Evolution of Burial Rituals

    I think raccoons would be an excellent species to step in and fill our shoes. Given time, they could develop greater dexterity.
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    Who Else Is Hooked on Stranger Things for the Sci-Fi and Stellar Acting?

    We watched the whole season. My only knock was that everyone yelled all the time. Standing a few feet from each other, people yelled. Otherwise, loved it. And loved seeing Wynona Ryder at work.
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    Planet with a year of 13 fifty-two day months

    I want to describe a planet that has 13 fifty-two day months and a 36 hour day. IF someone could point me to a place where I can figure this, it would be appreciated. What's the math?