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While we sometimes imagine vast structures rising above the sky, it is possible to have equally vast structures hang down from the sky, and on world's whose atmospheres are far larger than earth's, this may be where people choose to live. Graphics: Jeremy Jozwik,...
One approach to colonizing gas giants is to create a ring above them at the distance gravity is the desired level, such as Earth-normal.
A mushroom habitat is a concept developed for Mercury, for use on airless worlds close to their stars and blasted by intense sunlight.
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Ederworlds & Bubble planets are artificial worlds held up by internal pressure, and can be several times larger than Earth.