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  1. Designing giant space creatures becomes a popular fad in a super ...

    Apr 24, 2024 · Designing giant space creatures becomes a popular fad in a super advanced post-scarcity society. How large can space creatures get? Ask Question Asked 1 year, 10 months ago …

  2. internal consistency - How would a massive space creature evolve ...

    Jul 15, 2015 · However, a common fantasy trope is the massive space creature: some kind of vast spacefaring organism travelling between planets or stars, typically ancient and often sentient. I love …

  3. How could my solar-powered fairies exist in outer space?

    Jan 2, 2023 · Edit: Let's assume, for argument's sake, that my fairies do exist (at least in my fantasy setting). Is the science I use to explain the existence of my creatures in outer space valid? Or are …

  4. Is it possible for a living creature to have no need for oxygen or some ...

    Jan 21, 2023 · Is it possible for a multicellular living creature to have no need to intake oxygen or some other gas? So this question came to mind when I was pondering the plausibility of space-dwelling life …

  5. How to make a supermassive creature survive in space?

    Sep 12, 2017 · A tough call. Biological creature, even if it can survive in vacuum, needs energy to live. Space rocks have no suitable chemicals, and photosynthesis won't work in space. Your creature has …

  6. Life in the vacuum of space: What if we looked in the wrong places?

    Jan 14, 2024 · 5 Forget space whales, forget star-trek-style creatures like the crystal entity, forget space creatures so massive that they have their gravity to hold on to an atmosphere around them. The …

  7. spaceships - Why should humans kill this space creature ...

    Jun 16, 2021 · I thought about a fictional universe where humans populated most of it. I was thinking about a space creature that roams from planetary system to planetary system and I created this …

  8. biology - Would it be possible for a living being the size of a planet ...

    Jun 23, 2024 · The structures that make up living creatures are frankly delicate, and require a very specific balance. A creature of that size would be crushed under its own weight, even if the core isn't …

  9. aliens - What is the best term for a species that originated on another ...

    Nov 22, 2023 · The problem with this comparison is that exobiological creatures don't share a root family tree with each other. Terrestrial species can all be traced back to the first recombination of GATC, …

  10. How big could a living thing be? - Worldbuilding Stack Exchange

    Dec 14, 2014 · These creatures could grow to theoretically unlimited size, just constrained by raw materials and solar energy. You could well see them sweeping into star systems and raiding the …