Science, History, and Fiction in Everyday Life
Keeping on the exoplanet series, after the general introduction and the presentation of the oldest one (so far) discovered, today I am going to address another interesting characteristic: distance. Distance matters, no discussion about it. I have already mentioned the importance of the…
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Ever fancied naming a star – or even better a planet? If you are a SF author, that’s easy thing. (And actually there are hundreds of fictional planets out there. Some of them sport pretty names – Arrakis, Tatooine, Vulcan or Fleed)….
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Some weeks ago I talked about the incredible variety of exoplanets, which we have just began to discover. I have also mentioned what we normally find and we can expect to find according to astrophysics, including the most coveted targets – i.e., planets in…
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I have already spoken a few times here about the challenges of worldbulding in SF, both in terms of designing working planetary systems – around a single or binary star – and imagining celestial bodies where life is at least…
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