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Works related to space travel have popularized such concepts as time dilation, space stations, and space colonization. [1]: 69–80 [5]: 743 While generally associated with science fiction, space travel has also occasionally featured in fantasy, sometimes involving magic or supernatural entities such as angels. [a] [5]: 742–743
A-type star In the Harvard spectral classification system, a class of main-sequence star having spectra dominated by Balmer absorption lines of hydrogen. Stars of spectral class A are typically blue-white or white in color, measure between 1.4 and 2.1 times the mass of the Sun, and have surface temperatures of 7,600–10,000 kelvin.
A Time Lord called "the Doctor", an extraterrestrial being, to all appearances human, from the planet Gallifrey explores the universe in a time-travelling space ship called the TARDIS. Accompanied by a number of companions, the Doctor combats a variety of foes while working to save civilisations and help people in need. 1966 1967 It's About Time
Space stations; Teleportation. Teletransporter; Time travel. Alternate history: time travel can be used as a plot device to explore parallel universes. While alternate history has its own category (see above), it often occurs in time travel stories as well. Alternate future; Time loop; Travel to the Earth's center. Hollow Earth
1. Giggle water. Used to describe: Any alcoholic drink, liquor or sparkling wine In the roaring '20s (that's 1920s, kids!) during prohibition, giggle water was slang for any alcoholic beverage.
An illustration depicts NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft traveling through interstellar space, or the space between stars, which it entered in 2012. - NASA/JPL-Caltech
Nautilus – flagship space yacht of International Transport Spacelines from Event[0] [65] Nauvoo – A Mormon-owned religious space exploration generational ship in The Expanse used to travel a 100-year period to the star Tau Ceti. Nemesis – flagship of the Decepticons (Transformers) [66] Nirvana – a supership from the anime series ...
Stephen Hawking is a supporter of space travel, in part, because he thinks the survival of humanity depends on it. Hawking shared these thoughts in an afterword for Julian Guthrie's book "How to ...