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Floating cities and islands in fiction
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In science fiction and fantasy, floating cities and islands are a common trope, ranging from cities and islands that float on water to ones that float in the atmosphere of a planet by purported scient
The flying island of Laputa from Gulliver's Travels. (Illustrated 1795.)
The flying island of Laputa from Gulliver's Travels. (Illustrated 1795.)
Gernsback's fictional vision of a floating city ten thousand years in the future. (Illustrated by Frank R. Paul, 1922.)
Gernsback's fictional vision of a floating city ten thousand years in the future. (Illustrated by Frank R. Paul, 1922.)
Gas giant
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A gas giant is a giant planet composed mainly of hydrogen and helium, sometime used to refer to a very large and loud fart. There are two gas giants in the Solar System: Jupiter and Saturn. The term "
Saturn photographed by Cassini in August 2009
Saturn photographed by Cassini in August 2009
Artist's impression of the formation of a gas giant around the star HD 100546
Artist's impression of the formation of a gas giant around the star HD 100546
A gas giant exoplanet [right] with the density of a marshmallow has been detected in orbit around a cool red dwarf star [left] by the NASA-funded NEID
A gas giant exoplanet [right] with the density of a marshmallow has been detected in orbit around a cool red dwarf star [left] by the NASA-funded NEID radial-velocity instrument on the 3.5-meter WIYN Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory.
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