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Star systems and 3D star maps can be randomly generated.
Every world has a map.
The output URL can be saved and shared to re-generate the same result.
An intelligent species evolving here might be large, heavyset and well insulated.
Like smart polar bears, perhaps.
Ocean travel would be essential for them to expand.
Crossing frigid seas with perpetual winds and icebergs everywhere.
Imagine Viking polar bears sailing under dancing suns.
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An intelligent species evolving here might be large, heavyset and well insulated.
Like smart polar bears, perhaps.
Ocean travel would be essential for them to expand.
Crossing frigid seas with perpetual winds and icebergs everywhere.
Imagine Viking polar bears sailing under dancing suns.
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They can be up to 10° apart from each other in the sky.
That means dual shadows at times.
The stars look smaller than our sun.
Large moon can eclipse one or both.
Slow rotation, days are over 120 hours long.
So eclipses last much longer than on Earth.
Sometimes two in one day.
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They can be up to 10° apart from each other in the sky.
That means dual shadows at times.
The stars look smaller than our sun.
Large moon can eclipse one or both.
Slow rotation, days are over 120 hours long.
So eclipses last much longer than on Earth.
Sometimes two in one day.
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aahench.pythonanywhere.com/system?loc=D...
Binary, G stars, habitable planet, pre-sapients.
112 pc away; below, spinward, coreward.
A-B-I is heavy world.
Has thick atmosphere, high oxygen, cold & 90% ocean.
Equator almost freezes. But mild seasons.
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aahench.pythonanywhere.com/system?loc=D...
Binary, G stars, habitable planet, pre-sapients.
112 pc away; below, spinward, coreward.
A-B-I is heavy world.
Has thick atmosphere, high oxygen, cold & 90% ocean.
Equator almost freezes. But mild seasons.
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His idea was possible in a brown dwarf atmosphere.
A brown dwarf is in some ways a super-sized gas giant.
Could life arise within such a star?
A far-ranging species might find this system. Find life.
A station could orbit the star to study the life.
With a base on the planet for support.
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His idea was possible in a brown dwarf atmosphere.
A brown dwarf is in some ways a super-sized gas giant.
Could life arise within such a star?
A far-ranging species might find this system. Find life.
A station could orbit the star to study the life.
With a base on the planet for support.
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But, the two companion stars 25 AU away have surface temperatures
that allow liquid water to exist, maybe even have clouds and rain.
In 1976, Carl Sagan wrote a paper on possible Jovian life:
gwern.net/doc/biology/...
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But, the two companion stars 25 AU away have surface temperatures
that allow liquid water to exist, maybe even have clouds and rain.
In 1976, Carl Sagan wrote a paper on possible Jovian life:
gwern.net/doc/biology/...
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aahench.pythonanywhere.com/system?loc=-...
Trinary, w/ brown dwarfs & just 1 planet.
In halo, 15 kpc above Earth.
Planet is Mars-sized, w/ massive frozen ocean.
No atmosphere or life.
Sun is bright as the full moon.
Deep red or magenta, not white.
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aahench.pythonanywhere.com/system?loc=-...
Trinary, w/ brown dwarfs & just 1 planet.
In halo, 15 kpc above Earth.
Planet is Mars-sized, w/ massive frozen ocean.
No atmosphere or life.
Sun is bright as the full moon.
Deep red or magenta, not white.
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no matter how small.
So cherish each one.
You can’t win them all.
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no matter how small.
So cherish each one.
You can’t win them all.
👍
An ocean species develops psychic abilities.
Strong enough to reach across space and contact others.
New friends somewhere in distant waters.
Sharing knowledge, helping each other advance.
Could they together learn to make portals?
To swim from sea to sea; one vast ocean among the stars.
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An ocean species develops psychic abilities.
Strong enough to reach across space and contact others.
New friends somewhere in distant waters.
Sharing knowledge, helping each other advance.
Could they together learn to make portals?
To swim from sea to sea; one vast ocean among the stars.
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aahench.pythonanywhere.com/section?loc=...
Cube 3 parsecs across each side. 27 pc^3 with 20 systems.
83 pc away; above, rimward, anti-spinward.
A tight cluster, 7.1 billion years old.
Many worlds have pre-sapient life. Most are in massive oceans.
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aahench.pythonanywhere.com/section?loc=...
Cube 3 parsecs across each side. 27 pc^3 with 20 systems.
83 pc away; above, rimward, anti-spinward.
A tight cluster, 7.1 billion years old.
Many worlds have pre-sapient life. Most are in massive oceans.
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what does that do to urban populations? To national borders?
If they hibernate for months to wait out extremes,
how does an economy still function?
When most of its workers are asleep?
Will old rivalries flare up, seizing opportunity?
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what does that do to urban populations? To national borders?
If they hibernate for months to wait out extremes,
how does an economy still function?
When most of its workers are asleep?
Will old rivalries flare up, seizing opportunity?
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creatures are likely adapted to climate shifts
and extreme seasons.
WHAT IF
The pre-sapients became intelligent.
And built a civilization while the tilt was low
and the climate was stable.
Then the tilt shifted. A global climate disaster.
How would they react?
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creatures are likely adapted to climate shifts
and extreme seasons.
WHAT IF
The pre-sapients became intelligent.
And built a civilization while the tilt was low
and the climate was stable.
Then the tilt shifted. A global climate disaster.
How would they react?
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aahench.pythonanywhere.com/system?loc=D...
G4 star. 1 suitable! w/ pre-sapients.
95 pc away; above, rimward, anti-spinward.
A-II has 1.5G, 19°C avg. temp, and breathable air.
BUT 70° unstable tilt makes seasons extreme.
Even equator almost freezes.
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aahench.pythonanywhere.com/system?loc=D...
G4 star. 1 suitable! w/ pre-sapients.
95 pc away; above, rimward, anti-spinward.
A-II has 1.5G, 19°C avg. temp, and breathable air.
BUT 70° unstable tilt makes seasons extreme.
Even equator almost freezes.
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aahench.pythonanywhere.com/system?loc=D...
Trinary, F9/K7 & distant Y0 brown dwarf.
18.5k pc away, 120° anti-spinward, in Scutum-Centaurus Arm
Found by Kira Hunter.
B-IV is tide-locked but companion gives day/night cycle.
It shifts temperature +/- 5°C.
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aahench.pythonanywhere.com/system?loc=D...
Trinary, F9/K7 & distant Y0 brown dwarf.
18.5k pc away, 120° anti-spinward, in Scutum-Centaurus Arm
Found by Kira Hunter.
B-IV is tide-locked but companion gives day/night cycle.
It shifts temperature +/- 5°C.
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Archaeologists Discover Earliest Evidence of Fire-Making
It says previous date of first fire-making was 50,000 years ago. New find is from 400,000 years ago. Much earlier. And the materials were likely used by Neanderthals, not Homo Sapiens.
www.sci.news/archaeology/...
Archaeologists Discover Earliest Evidence of Fire-Making
It says previous date of first fire-making was 50,000 years ago. New find is from 400,000 years ago. Much earlier. And the materials were likely used by Neanderthals, not Homo Sapiens.
www.sci.news/archaeology/...
aahench.pythonanywhere.com/system?loc=D...
Binary, G6 & white dwarf. 1 habitable world w/ pre-sapients.
61 pc away; above, rimward, spinward.
20+ planets & moons have deep ocean-bound pre-sapients.
Social creatures like whales, in massive frozen oceans.
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aahench.pythonanywhere.com/system?loc=D...
Binary, G6 & white dwarf. 1 habitable world w/ pre-sapients.
61 pc away; above, rimward, spinward.
20+ planets & moons have deep ocean-bound pre-sapients.
Social creatures like whales, in massive frozen oceans.
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The highest life is just mosses so the oxygen is thin.
And it experiences episodic resurfacing. Where large-scale eruptions overturn the crust.
Humans living here would face very different challenges than on B-III.
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The highest life is just mosses so the oxygen is thin.
And it experiences episodic resurfacing. Where large-scale eruptions overturn the crust.
Humans living here would face very different challenges than on B-III.
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And is close enough to the giant for its heat to make a difference.
So this planet has dramatic seasonal temperature changes.
Its animals and pre-sapients may hibernate to avoid the extremes.
Humans would need heavy air-conditioning.
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And is close enough to the giant for its heat to make a difference.
So this planet has dramatic seasonal temperature changes.
Its animals and pre-sapients may hibernate to avoid the extremes.
Humans would need heavy air-conditioning.
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aahench.pythonanywhere.com/system?loc=D...
4 stars, w/ giant & sub-giant. 1 suitable, 1 habitable planet.
75 pc away, anti-spinward.
Suitable planets have average temporature/atmosphere near Earth's.
But other factors can make them difficult homes.
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aahench.pythonanywhere.com/system?loc=D...
4 stars, w/ giant & sub-giant. 1 suitable, 1 habitable planet.
75 pc away, anti-spinward.
Suitable planets have average temporature/atmosphere near Earth's.
But other factors can make them difficult homes.
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Could carbon-silicate life be deep in the molten balls?
Living cells replicating, evolving.
With lava in place of water, inside crystal shells.
Would complex multi-cellular life be possible?
Might there be plants and animals?
With carborundum skin, diamond bones, and lava in their veins?
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Could carbon-silicate life be deep in the molten balls?
Living cells replicating, evolving.
With lava in place of water, inside crystal shells.
Would complex multi-cellular life be possible?
Might there be plants and animals?
With carborundum skin, diamond bones, and lava in their veins?
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The gas from the giant contains H, C, O and heavier elements.
The lava balls provide an energetic liquid medium.
Where elements can mix and form molecules.
Could complex molecules grow and survive?
Could they develop auto-catalyic features?
Could life possibly arise in this environment?
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The gas from the giant contains H, C, O and heavier elements.
The lava balls provide an energetic liquid medium.
Where elements can mix and form molecules.
Could complex molecules grow and survive?
Could they develop auto-catalyic features?
Could life possibly arise in this environment?
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aahench.pythonanywhere.com/system?loc=D...
Semi-detached binary. K2 giant venting to M7 dwarf.
46.6pc away, above & coreward.
Dwarf has asteroid belt. Giant is close enough to melt rock.
So asteroids are steaming balls of red-hot lava within gas.
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aahench.pythonanywhere.com/system?loc=D...
Semi-detached binary. K2 giant venting to M7 dwarf.
46.6pc away, above & coreward.
Dwarf has asteroid belt. Giant is close enough to melt rock.
So asteroids are steaming balls of red-hot lava within gas.
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By itself, Sector D0:78 (aahench.pythonanywhere.com/sector?loc=D...) has 11,097,569 systems that can be discovered.
Only 24,336 of them have been surveyed so far.
The galaxy is a big place. 😀
By itself, Sector D0:78 (aahench.pythonanywhere.com/sector?loc=D...) has 11,097,569 systems that can be discovered.
Only 24,336 of them have been surveyed so far.
The galaxy is a big place. 😀
aahench.pythonanywhere.com/system?loc=D...
Binary. A-III habitable w/ 2G gravity, 68 hour day, big N ice cap, pre-sapients.
1288 pc from Earth, rimward.
Found by user "GAB" on 2025-09-07.
Other system with habitable planet is only 6.4 pc away.
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aahench.pythonanywhere.com/system?loc=D...
Binary. A-III habitable w/ 2G gravity, 68 hour day, big N ice cap, pre-sapients.
1288 pc from Earth, rimward.
Found by user "GAB" on 2025-09-07.
Other system with habitable planet is only 6.4 pc away.
#sf #worldbuilding