Settle the Stars: The Science of Spac...
Exploring and terraforming Mars will be the greatest scientific and engineering challenge in the history of our species. From landfall and building the first cities to manipulating an entire planetary environment, this podcast will dive into the science of space exploration, settlement and terraforming! Join Alexander Winn, creator of TerraGenesis and founder of Edgeworks Entertainment, as he walks you through the real science behind his hit indie terraforming game, TerraGenesis, and how those same concepts will work in real life.
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Earth
Compared to many of the worlds we’ve visited, there is no doubt about it – Earth is very much alive. Alexander Winn takes us on our last stop for Season 1, home.
Stay tuned as we take a break to gear up for Season 2.
You can catch this episode along wit...
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Earth‘s Moon
Today’s journey is a refreshingly short one: a mere 238,855 miles from Earth. In terms of cosmic distance, that’s right on our doorstep, or closer even – right off the tip of our nose. Alexander Winn steers us toward a destination easily spotted with th...
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The Sun
The importance of our Sun is hard to overstate, not just as an essential foundation for life here on Earth, but as an agent for order and stability in a system of innumerable objects from the massive gas giants down to the smallest mote of dust. Alexande...
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Exoplanets - A Whole New World
In the last few decades, we have learned that most of these stars are hosts to their own systems of planets, just as the Sun is to our Solar System. We call these worlds exoplanets, or extrasolar planets. Alexander Winn takes us incredible distances to ...
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Settle The Stars Presents: The ”You Have My Swo...
This week Alexander Winn presents Edgeworks Nebula's newest show "You Have My Sword" where host Krysti Pryde talks all thing Tolkien from The Hobbit to the Silmarillian. In this episode she deep dives into the back story of Galadrial.
We will be back nex...
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The Asteroid Belt, Kuiper Belt, & Oort Cloud: G...
For almost as long as astronomers have been fascinated by the bright, shining points of light in the sky, they’ve also wondered about the space between them. After all, smaller objects had been known to fall from the sky for thousands of years, made of ...
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Pluto & the Dwarf Planets - Rocks of Unusual Size
Alexander adventures on to the large bodies circling our Sun at the farthest reaches of our Solar System that could almost be – or in Pluto’s case, once were – considered planets, with a range of unique features and characteristics. These planets clue us...
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Moons of Uranus & Neptune
Alexander Winn will be getting a closer look at some of the most often-overlooked features of Uranus & Neptune: their moons and rings. While the planets themselves posed quite a challenge to spot in the night sky, their moons can be much trickier. Lucki...
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Uranus & Neptune
We are continuing our journey farther out into the solar system as we visit the last two planets on our visitation list: Uranus and Neptune. Today we’ll explore the surprising differences between these sister worlds, and about the important discoveries ...
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Moons of Saturn
Today we’ll devote a full episode to revealing some of the unique characteristics and scientist-stumping quirks of Saturn's Moons. Buckle up, Alexander has a lead foot this episode.
You can catch this episode along with the rest o f them on YouTube wi...
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Saturn - Put a Ring on It
In this episode, Alexander Winn steers us toward Saturn. This gas giant may not hold as many records as its giant neighbor Jupiter, but the dazzling ring system that the planet is known for make it a fan favorite.
You can catch this episode along with...
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Moons of Jupiter
Alexander Winn catapults us to the Moons of Jupiter. There, we will find hints of rich resources and potentially life-supporting regions that bode well for possible human exploration, and we’ll be taking a close look at many of the major objects in antic...
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Jupiter - King of the Planets
Alexander Winn rockets us to Jupiter where we attempt to wrap our brains around a behemoth of a planet. With the aid of thousands of years of human observation from afar and remotely, we can do our best to imagine the conditions we might experience if we...
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Mars - Our Future Home
Alexander Winn takes us on a full tour of Mars and the race to set foot on it. Our trip to Mars will take us face-to-face with some of the most massive geological features and mysterious eccentricities that exist in our solar system – and we’ll learn abo...
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Venus - The Nightmare Next Door
Alexander Winn takes us on a trip to Venus to "unearth" the power that the planet has had on humans for thousands of years. We touch on the history tied to the planet as well as what a future would look like on Venus. Join us as we continue to... settle ...
23 min
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Mercury - Turning Slowly, Moving Fast
Alexander Winn takes us to Mercury to discuss how... habitable it is.. or (spoiler alert) it isn't.
You can catch this episode along with the rest of them on YouTube with closed caption. Keep up with us in other places....
✦ Exclusive stuff via Patre...
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The Come Back Episode
Alexander Winn is BACK with the newest episode and major update for the return of Settle the Stars.
This episode is full of exciting announcements as we continue the podcast under our new home network "Edgeworks Nebula".
You can also catch any of our p...
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Bonus Episode: Shifting Trajectory
Alexander brings a quick announcement about the podcast and some changes he'll be making in the future.
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Water
This episode deals with the fourth and final core terraforming metric: water. From its origins on Earth to its function in the body, from salt content and pH to the origin of the word itself, we'll go deep into this most precious and unique of substances...
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Oxygen
This episode deals with the third major terraforming metric: oxygen and atmospheric composition. Learn about the history of oxygen on Earth, its uses and effects on the body, how it is produced by plants and algae using photosynthesis, and ultimately its...
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Atmospheric Pressure
This episode deals with the second major terraforming metric, atmospheric pressure. Learn about the sources of atmospheric pressure and how it impacts the body, as well as how we might alter the atmospheric pressure of Mars, Venus, and other worlds.
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Surface Temperature
This episodes dives into the first terraforming metric in TerraGenesis - temperature. This metric plays a huge role in whether or not a planet or moon is habitable.
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Welcome to the Solar System
This episode covers the Solar Systems in TerraGenesis. Alex talks about the features each planet has and the logistics behind setting them up.
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Origin of TerraGenesis
This episode covers how TerraGenesis came into existence and what inspired Alexander to create TerraGenesis in the first place.
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Bonus Episode: Christmas Magic
Tis the season! This episode explores what rate and time it would take Santa to travel to the other planets in the solar system!
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