The Ultimate Engineered Solar System
I always thought that only 2 or 3 planets could share the same orbit. I was wrong. And it changes everything (for a super-advanced civilization, anyway).
The Ultimate Retrograde Solar System
I stumbled upon a simple way to tighten up the Ultimate Solar System. And by stumbled upon, I mean I discovered that someone else had figured it out. And I took it.
Super-Earths: breaking the (resonant) chains!
Systems of super-Earths may form as long resonant chains, most of which go unstable.
Ode to 7 orbs
Wake up now people, I’ve got some big news! You won’t want to miss this. You don’t want to snooze. We just found some planets while we were stargazing Gather ’round, listen up. These ones are amazing! And it’s not just one new planet. There are seven! All orbiting one star up there in the…
The Ultimate Trojan 2-star planetary system
Trojan planets are the best! I am a big fan. I love the idea of two planets sharing the same orbit around a star. To me, it’s where physics meets magic. (Remember, we’re talking planets not condoms! See here for a little refresher, and here for another article about Trojans). As a planet orbits a…
Is our closest neighbor an Eyeball planet? A Proxima poem
This planet and star, now, you really should know ‘em.
And that’s why I’m bothering writing this poem.
Exactly how unusual is our Solar System?
There is only one Superman. One Wonder Woman, one Captain America, one Ironman. All told, a few dozen superheroes. And billions of superhero fans. What about our Solar System? Are we one-in-a-million like Batman? Or a dime-a-dozen like Batman’s fans? How unique, how special is our Solar System? For the first time in human history,…
