From Stars to Planets: The Loners
The word planet means “wanderer”; the Greeks called them planētēs aster, “wandering stars”. Indeed planets travel on their orbits, wandering around their stars ...
Category: Planets
From Stars to Planets: Objects in Space and Habitability Potential
Only about 4% of the total mass of the Universe is made of atoms or ions, and thus represented by chemical elements. Hydrogen is the most abundant element, maki...
From Stars to Planets: Births and Deaths on Cosmic Scale
Moving along on our world building quest, I’ll start talking about planets and gradually moving towards terrestrial planets and their properties. Planet habitab...
Hues of Light under Alien Suns
I’ve been much outdoors lately, brainstorming my storyline, making notes and traveling. The idea for this post came after I’ve spent the whole day observing day...