mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-10I'm a PhD physicist, who writes hard science fiction settings and events for people, and acts as science advisor for authors, GMs, artists and general worldbuilders.
Hi sci-fi and fantasy authors, I wonder if these might be useful?
The Hard SF Worldbuilding Cookbooks:
Guides for authors, gamers and worldbuilders who want their in-world science to be more than just technobabble.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/578326/hard-s-f-worldbuilding-salvage-and-space-archaeology-bundle
Hi sci-fi and fantasy authors, I wonder if these might be useful?
The Hard SF Worldbuilding Cookbooks:
Guides for authors, gamers and worldbuilders who want their in-world science to be more than just technobabble.
Hi sci-fi and fantasy authors, I wonder if these might be useful?
The Hard SF Worldbuilding Cookbooks:
Guides for authors, gamers and worldbuilders who want their in-world science to be more than just technobabble.
Yup, turns out orbit is already a stage for conflicts between nations...
Hi sci-fi and fantasy authors, I wonder if these might be useful?
The Hard SF Worldbuilding Cookbooks:
Guides for authors, gamers and worldbuilders who want their in-world science to be more than just technobabble.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/578326/hard-s-f-worldbuilding-salvage-and-space-archaeology-bundle
Hi sci-fi and fantasy authors, I wonder if these might be useful?
The Hard SF Worldbuilding Cookbooks:
Guides for authors, gamers and worldbuilders who want their in-world science to be more than just technobabble.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/578326/hard-s-f-worldbuilding-salvage-and-space-archaeology-bundle
#space #SETI #alien #exploration
If alien civilizations use hyper-efficient computers, they will have a distinct energy signal we can detect
https://phys.org/news/2026-09-alien-civilizations-hyper-efficient-distinct.html
#space #exploration #saturn #life #alien
Microbes could survive on Saturn's moon Enceladus — and scientists think we can find them
A new version of something that has been an open secret since the cold war (I have literally been writing guides for sci-fi authors on this):
Warning of space arms race as US confirms weapons in Earth's orbit
#space #security #resource #spaceforce
Space Force-backed mission does its best impression of Top Gun in orbit
Hi sci-fi and fantasy authors, I wonder if these might be useful?
The Hard SF Worldbuilding Cookbooks:
Guides for authors, gamers and worldbuilders who want their in-world science to be more than just technobabble.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/578326/hard-s-f-worldbuilding-salvage-and-space-archaeology-bundle
Hi sci-fi and fantasy authors, I wonder if these might be useful?
The Hard SF Worldbuilding Cookbooks:
Guides for authors, gamers and worldbuilders who want their in-world science to be more than just technobabble.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/578326/hard-s-f-worldbuilding-salvage-and-space-archaeology-bundle
Rocket Lab launches an Earth-observing radar satellite from New Zealand
The battlefield now extends all the way to the moon, U.S. military's highest-ranking officer says
Astronauts Use Bacteria and Fungi to Harvest Metals in Space
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/astronauts-use-bacteria-and-fungi-to-harvest-metals-in-space
#space #development
Future spacecraft could fix their own damage using 'self-healing' materials
#space #iss #art #beauty
Our world, seen from the ISS this week:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdFxXyoc3jE&list=RDPdFxXyoc3jE&start_radio=1
The Hard SF Worldbuilding Cookbooks
Are you sci-fi worldbuilding? From nova to alien rainbows, this series offers visuals, details & prompts. Write - have the science as needed.
Inspiration, then #worldbuilding
#space #war #USSSF
I am 80% convinced that Trump's claim of the US having deployed a space weapon(s) id based on a type of satellite built by a company called True Anomaly named 'The Jackal':
Inside Europe’s push for space autonomy with Josef Aschbacher
Hi sci-fi and fantasy authors, I wonder if these might be useful?
The Hard SF Worldbuilding Cookbooks:
Guides for authors, gamers and worldbuilders who want their in-world science to be more than just technobabble.
