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Necessary... I think not. Tied to the genre, expectations, and an easy way to create Interest? Yes. Life and death or the threat there of is high stakes. And high stakes are generally interesting. When we think of conflict on large scale, well war is right up there and familiar. So...

Odd. Lets face it. However fascinating, its not like the world is beating down the door to take up astrophysicists time on the whole. You would think they would be happy to share their passion with anyone they could rope into listening, especially if the question where phrased in a relatively...

Hmm, let see. Pretty wide gamut really Classical: Beethoven, Brahms, Orff (because everything you do while listening to Carmina Burana O Furtuna is epic - No srsly just youtube loop, crank it, and try it while doing house chores or whatever), Wagner 1800s to early 1900s: Random...

Fenrir here. So pretty much same story as many I would imagine. Wanted to try my hand a writing to get something creative in my life. I also wanted to tick one off the 'ol bucket list, so fantasy novel it is. We shall see how it goes. A good fantasy work should make the reader want to...

Google fu finds this Astronomy and Astrophysics | Physics Forums - The Fusion of Science and Community Seem to be what if questions posted there. I do not doubt there are others.

@OP Interesting. I will throw in my hat for what its worth. Non-degreed here in the subject, so be warned. ;P 1) Would any of these changes affect orbit dramatically, or not by much? <- you have a lot more mass near earth in those planet changes, so I would say yes, for at least a...