Concept invented at the end of the Star Trek: Voyager series, the ablative armour designates a supplemental spaceship hull which is designed to spread and soften energetic weapon shoots. When the hull is hit, it vaporises in part, reducing the … Lire la suite... |
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Dico S.F. – Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
The nanoscience and nanotechnology (N.S.T.) group all the scientific and technological studies at the nanometre scale (billionth of meter). The nanoscience are interested in the study of matter and artificial structures to this scale. The nanotechnology takes care… Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Nanite
Nanite is a generic term designating a nanobot, an artificial machine conceived at the nanometre scale (billionth of meter). See: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Examples : The Borg assimilation nanites in Star Trek The age accelerating nanites in Stargate SG-1,… Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Planetoid
Meaning “shaped as a planet”, the term planetoid refers to a (small) celestial body possessing some planet characteristics, notably its almost spherical shape, but not the size. It’s also called “dwarf planet” or “minor planet”. Matching … Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Planet
In astronomy, a planet is a celestial body orbiting around the Sun and possessing a sufficient mass for its own gravity gives it a (almost) spherical shape. In science fiction, this term is generalised to every celestial body matching the … Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Meteorite
A meteorite designates a small celestial body which reaches the Earth surface. To properly speak about meteorite, its size must be under fifty meters (beyond that, we speak about asteroid). The luminous trail leaved behind by a meteorite during its … Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Exoplanet
An exoplanet designates a planet gravitating around a star different than our Sun. See: Planet… Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Comet
A comet is a small celestial body gravitating around a star on a very elliptical orbit (unlike the asteroids). During its travel, it approaches very close to the star and, under the solar wind effect, adorns with a luminous trail … Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Asteroid
An asteroid is a small celestial body (between several dozens meters and several hundreds of kilometres) gravitating around a star on an faintly elliptical orbit (unlike the comets). Asteroids are solitary and don’t orbit around planets. The more often, the … Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Antimatter
In physics, antimatter is a generic term designating particles which have the same properties than their “normal” matter counterparts, except their electric charge. For instance, the electron’s antiparticle, the positron, possess a positive charge whereas the electron possess a … Lire la suite... |
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