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Real stars make occasional appearances in science fiction, sometimes with planetary systems. [ 3 ] [ 30 ] A 2024 article in the Journal of Science Communication analysed a sample of 142 fictional exoplanets , nearly a third of which were described as orbiting real stars, and found "an absence of influence of whether or not the planet setting is ...
Some fictional planets are described as orbiting real stars; [2] [8] a 2024 article in the Journal of Science Communication analysed a sample of 142 fictional exoplanets, of which nearly a third fulfilled this criterion, and found "an absence of influence of whether or not the planet setting is in a real star system on other worldbuilding ...
Kryptonite has been found in the real world (according to its chemical composition) but has none of the properties or color variations of fictional kryptonite. However, DC Comics had previously described kryptonite as an alien element with a higher atomic number than known Earth elements. Kyber crystal: Star Wars
"The Moon in Science Fiction". Archived from the original on 2012-03-07; Murphy, Ken (January 8, 2008). "The Bicentilune (or 200 tales of Lunar Adventure)". Out of the Cradle; Murphy, Ken (July 18, 2016). "Stories of cislunar suspense: Literary adventure on the near frontier (part 1)". The Space Review
Some hard science fiction books focus on the technical details of the craft. Some fictional spaceships have been referenced in the real world, notably Starship Enterprise from Star Trek which gave its name to Space Shuttle Enterprise and to the VSS Enterprise. [1]
Japanese manga also featured science fiction elements. In the 1950s, Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy was one of the first major manga that centered around science fiction. In the following decades, many other creators and works would follow, including Leiji Matsumoto (e.g. Galaxy Express 999), Katsuhiro Otomo (e.g. Akira) and Masamune Shirow (e.g. Appleseed and Ghost in the Shell).
Outside of comics, the Valérian series has been particularly influential on science fiction and fantasy film. Several commentators, such as Kim Thompson of The Comics Journal, [25] film critic Jean-Philippe Guerand [26] and the newspaper Libération, [27] have noted certain similarities between the Valérian albums and the Star Wars film ...
Set in the 25th century, the series revolved around the crew of the Sabre, the last ship in the Frontier Battalion of the once-fearsome Star Rangers Corps.In both Star Rangers and its companion series Death Hawk, the era is a dystopia of Solar System-spanning corporations that held the true power behind the centralized government of the Sol 9 Commonwealth.