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==[[Science fiction]] or [[space opera]] settings==

...obert A. Heinlein|Heinlein]]'s ''Red Planet''—so perhaps the science-fiction association is justified after all.) The alternative adjective "Tellurian" ..., but they are rarely used, even by astronomers (except, again, in science fiction)—after all, the Earth only has one sun and one moon, so simply callin

==In fiction== The vast majority of ambates in fiction have been centaurs. More specifically still, the vast majority have been [

...haps slightly altered facial features partake much more of fiction than of science. Nor is it much more sensible to posit an alien planet where an [[ellogy|e

...stories themselves, but in some of his essays about them—and science-fiction author [[isfdb:James Blish|James Blish]]). However, Lewis saddled his word

...is the study of technology stemming from basic [[mechanics]] and materials science. The connection between science and technology is not one-way. Scientific discoveries lead to new technolo

...mpany's marketing and economics. When one of Albedo's products, a science-fiction adventure called [[Quasar (game)|Quasar]] that was one of the first [[compu

...[[newcomers to Icathiria]]—the reference in the name is to [[science fiction]] author [[isfdb:Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur C. Clarke]], well known for his ma

...position and [[momentum]] as separate dimensions, and more generally in [[science]] similar "[[phase space]]s" of any number of dimensions—even [[infin ...l is difficult to conceive—though that hasn't stopped some [[science fiction]] authors from trying.