Questions tagged [physics]
For questions regarding the physics relevant to fictitious worlds. General physics may be off-topic.
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How far would the stellar wind of a Wolf-Rayet star contract a neighboring sunlike star's heliopause?
It seems as though the heliopause is the end of the solar wind due to interactions with the interstellar medium or other stars' stellar winds, and late-stage Wolf-Rayet stars seem to have especially ...
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Ideal bilateral pentapod bodyplan [closed]
I've been breaking my head over how I want to undertake the basal bodyplan on my hard science world. I've settled on 5 legs, but don't exactly know which would be the most stable, or realistic.
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On the scale of tsunamis caused by ice falling from floating islands
Imagine if you will a world similar to Earth, albeit a bit less dense, with huge floating islands on the sky. Now imagine a floating continent, much like our own Antarctica, which floated over this ...
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How much anti matter would you need to destroy a solar system?
In my setting there is a corrupted alien life form that spreads by corrupting any other life it comes into contact with and is a plague among space faring civilizations. To combat this an advanced ...
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In a world where magic can be used to create matter, why isn’t everyone blasting each other with Neutrons?
I’ve been working on a somewhat hard magic system for a project I’m doing with my friends. Basically, the idea is that “magic/mana” is a third quantum substance, alongside matter and energy, and can ...
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Infinite Flat World that Conforms to Normal Physics
I am thinking about an infinite flat world that could conform to normal physics and give rise to normal life. Obviously there are some points that must be violated, but we hope they will be minimal.
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Would a shield made of photonic matter block other photons?
In 2013 scientist at Harvard and MIT demonstrated that under the right conditions photons can bind together to form 'molecules' and create a new form of matter. https://phys.org/news/2013-09-...
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What Would Happen If Earth Encountered a Stronger Magnetic Field? [closed]
So, excluding other factors such as gravity or surrounding celestial bodies that would impact this hypothetical and focusing solely on what would happen if the magnetic field of earth came in contact ...
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What's the fastest gamma rays have ever killed someone?
I'm writing a novel that features a fictional Harvard professor who studied the effects of radiation on first responders to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster. I'm trying to make sure this ...
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Force Feild made of unobtainium
A lot of force fields are made out of "energy" or some electromagnetic field.
What I'm suggesting is a little different. It all revolves around the wonderful properties of unobtanium. It is ...
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suggestions on natural dyes/plants to make natural dyes that can be used to dye skin for long periods of time?
I am creating a world where humans have colonized a large amount of space and have a few planets where they have left biologically engineered/altered species. The planet I'm currently working on has ...
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How durable would a human have to be to run at mach 30
I have a character who is supposed to be able to sprint at a maximum speed of mach 30, or 10290 meters per second. I want to know how much heat would be generated by a human running at such a speed ...
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Can I violate thermodynamics with a naked singularity and Unified Field Theory? [closed]
A while ago, I met a big bully named Thermodynamics. I couldn't deal with the concept of false immortality, so I resolved to tape a very loud thing to his back, and send him to sleep with the ...
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could a sound wave or ultrasonic boom be harnessed as a form of flight
I am playing around with the idea that there are beings who have the ability to generate sound waves and sound energy at very high frequencies, wavelengths and with immense energy. They are located on ...
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Would a ship using a warp drive for propulsion experience G-Forces while accelerating?
Let's assume Alcubiere warp drives have become the standard propulsion system for cruising long distances in space. These are hard sci-fi warp drives so they can't go FTL speeds but they can still ...
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