Space-exploration Stories

Elicia Vasavilli, Captain First-Class of the Holy Order, is called the Raven-a harbinger of ill fortune. A mission to a lonely mining world brings her and a mysterious anti-magical man into a dangerous chase across the Galaxy: to the root of all Magic, the creation of the Church, the long-buried Truth, and to the most powerful magician in all of Space.

Twin A.I.s maintain a vigil around Earth for the return of ships sent out to explore the galaxy. They have both good news and bad news to break to the Returners.

In a distant future, engineer Sam Heinger awakens from cryo-sleep aboard the starship messenger of Eleos, along with his crew, to embark on a rescue mission. The team receives a mysterious distress signal from an ancient, derelict cargo hauler that shouldn't still be functioning. As they navigate the dangers of space and malfunctioning technology, the crew must prepare to board the abandoned vessel, uncovering secrets from a bygone era. Tensions run high as they race against time and limited resources, hoping to find survivors and solve the mystery of the ship's unexpected appearance.

A massive dark matter storm is hurtling toward Earth, defying all understanding of physics and threatening life as we know it. Dr. Elena Alvarez, a theoretical physicist thrust into an impossible mission, joins the crew of the International Space Station to confront the storm and uncover its secrets. A gripping tale of courage, discovery, and humanity's fragile place in the universe, Dark Horizon asks the ultimate question: Can we trust what we don't understand?

Embark on a Journey Through the Cosmos: A Guide to Understanding Light-Years: Prepare to be captivated by the sheer grandeur of the universe, a realm where distances are so vast that our everyday units of measurement become utterly insignificant. Imagine a place where stars blaze with unimaginable fury, galaxies spiral in symphonies of light and color, and celestial wonders unfold on a scale that dwarfs our wildest dreams. In this guide, we invite you to embark on a journey through the cosmos, where we'll unravel the secrets of light-years, the cosmic yardstick that allows us to navigate the vast expanse of space. But before we delve into the intricacies of this fascinating unit, let us first immerse ourselves in the breathtaking beauty and awe-inspiring phenomena that make the universe such a captivating realm.

As Mez Tanar prepares for his descent into Jupiter's harsh atmosphere, he receives an offer too good to refuse.

Logline: When yet another hunk of Earth junk crashes on his farm, Marty the Martian Farmer turns a problem into a comical... and slightly weird solution. Synopsis: It's another quiet night on Mars - until a blazing light streaks across the sky and a distant crash jolts Marty and his wife awake. With a tired groan of "Not again...," Marty trudges out to the fields and finds the culprit: a crashed Earth rover, proudly sporting a U.S. flag. Without ceremony, he hauls the damaged rover to his ever-growing junk heap - a graveyard of space probes, landers, and scrap from Earth's endless onslaughts. Back at the farm, Marty's day gets worse: Jimmy's beloved (and perpetually hungry) cow, Serinabell, has chewed a chunk out of his trusty tractor. As he angrily tinkers with repairs, a lightbulb moment strikes. "Ah ha!" Later, we see Serinabell trotting on a leash behind Marty... straight to the junk pile. With a delighted moo and ravenous as ever, she digs in. By nightfall, half the heap is gone. Later that night, Marty drifts off content - Serinabell is full, the fields are cleaner, and all is well. Then, another fiery streak lights up the sky. Marty bolts upright, ready to curse... but in the distance, a cowbell jingles and Serinabell's satisfied moo echoes across the valley. Marty smiles, rolls over, and goes back to sleep. Just another day on the farm. Along the way, we meet the other characters. His daughter Clarita joins a punk band. Jimmy is attempting to build another spaceship. Savanna barely holds everything all together, as usual. Lest we forget that darn cow... Tone & Style: Green Acres meets Futurama, with a dusty red Mars aesthetic and slapstick beats. Light, clever, and charming - suitable for all ages.

Earth has been destroyed by global warming but the Humans managed to get an Ark ship full of the most intelligent people of Earth. After a 200,000 year journey in a stasis guided by the ships AI the ship arrives at a planet for the Humans to call home. This is a story about how the Humans, after having urbanised the entire planet, look to explore the stars like their forefathers did.

A man wakes up in a hibernation bath. His memory is gloomy yet he knows that things had gone wrong before he went to sleep. Even though everyone except him should have been dead, he learns that there is someone else alive aboard. The relation between the new passenger and the incident which broke the crew may not be as simple as it seems.

Scifi Challenge Dec 2018: Prompt is the title. The crew of the Star Chaser argues for years over the souce of the signal they are chasing. Now they'll find the truth. Wow! 1st place in the Dec'18 Challenge. Thanks to everyone who read & voted, and of course to the judges. Feb 9, 2019; the Song has been added to NanoBytes! Awesome.

Four Earth siblings discover their interstellar heritage. They begin to understand the extent of the dire state of their planet and set off on an interstellar adventure that spans the Milky Way and galactic civilizations to both help a new friend from another planetary system and learn how they, too, may help heal Earth's biosphere. As they race across the galaxy, hopping from planet to planet, they learn about the extent of new trouble among the stars, and how that trouble and the trouble on their planet could be connected.

Why have no humans walked on the moon since 1972? That's 46 years without any manned moon missions, so why have we not returned to the moon? Why have no bases or cities been built on the moon? Why was the space shuttle never sent anywhere, but just hung around the Earth? Why did the Russians, Europeans, and the Japanese not send their own manned missions to the moon? Why have the Chinese and the Indians also been dragging their feet too on manned missions to space or the moon? But why then since 1972 have the Americans, Russians, Europeans, Japanese, Chinese, and Indians have been spending billions upon billions of dollars in launching unmanned moon probe crafts into space to collect more and more information on the moon? What are these governments afraid of? What did they find up there? What is going on up there? Why is NASA and so many different types of scientists are planning on great manned missions to Mars, but no great plans to return to the moon? Is there a past history humans have with the moon that is unknown to us today? Why are we not even trying to use the moon as a jumping off point for manned missions to Mars? Why? Why? Why? What are The Knowing keeping from The Unknowing about the secrets of the moon?

Never create a killing machine you can’t control. Tasked with purifying the breeding stock of an advanced human race known as Hibernarii, the Templar live on the edge of a decadent, multi-galactic empire in decline. After 300 years of constant slaughter, Ranger 878 emerges as the ideal assassin—ruthless yet creative. When Ranger loses a fateful battle on the obscure hibernaculated culture of Sizlack Prime, his world descends into chaos. Forced to partner with smugglers, Ranger must reconcile his violent past with his emerging future to save the Hiberverse. "Ranger's War is a space-operatic-love-triangle between a human killing machine, a woman bearing the genetic cancer he’s conditioned to exterminate, and the AI designed to hold him accountable."

First Person Limited. Sci-Fi Themed When Bradley Holmes' ship gets thrown off course, he has no other choice but to learn how to survive using only whatever is on his ship, and on the planet. 5/15 Completion

Beyond the Giants: Rewriting the Cosmos is a groundbreaking exploration of humanity's relentless pursuit to understand the universe. This book delves into the pioneering works of Kepler, Galileo, and Newton, uncovering how their revolutionary ideas were shaped-and constrained-by the tools of their time. With striking clarity, it examines how modern breakthroughs, from the Hubble Space Telescope to quantum mechanics, have overturned their early models, revealing a cosmos far more dynamic and intricate than ever imagined. More than a scientific critique, this book journeys through the philosophical, cultural, and artistic impacts of early astronomy, showing how it reshaped humanity's place in the universe. It also speculates on the future of cosmic exploration, envisioning quantum telescopes, AI-driven mapping, and interstellar probes that promise to redefine our understanding once again. An enthralling blend of history, science, and philosophy, Beyond the Giants invites readers to reflect on the iterative nature of discovery and the boundless potential of human curiosity.