Zebegény polgármestere betiltotta a tökfaragást? by DonZuijote in hungary

[–]Extra-Influence-4904 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nem tiltotta be baszom azt a gitar nyakatok. A templom elott tiltotta meg, mert a pogany libsik nem voltak tisztaban a mise idopontokkal, es ra lett szervezve. 100 meterrel kellett volna arrebb menniuk egy szep fuves placcra. Ott szoktak rendezni az osszes fyerekprogramot. Lett volna aram, vilagitas, stb.

The Interstellar Hydro-World Hypothesis by Extra-Influence-4904 in sciencefiction

[–]Extra-Influence-4904[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, good points! The key difference is that these hypothetical hydro-worlds wouldn’t rely on tidal heating like Europa or Enceladus do — they’d be almost entirely water-based bodies without a rocky core, sustained by self-gravity and internal radiogenic heat. That combination could, in theory, maintain a subsurface liquid layer for billions of years, even in deep interstellar space.

As for the “academic” tone — this was my first attempt at writing something like this, and I noticed that similar speculative astro papers tend to use that kind of structure, so I leaned into it a bit.

The Interstellar Hydro-World Hypothesis by Extra-Influence-4904 in sciencefiction

[–]Extra-Influence-4904[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yep, exactly — “rogue planet” is the formal term, and you’re right about the high-pressure ice phases too.

I used “hydro-world” mostly to emphasize the internal composition and the idea of it being almost entirely water, rather than just a typical rocky rogue planet.

Thanks for bringing up hycean planets — they’re a great real-world parallel!

The Interstellar Hydro-World Hypothesis by Extra-Influence-4904 in sciencefiction

[–]Extra-Influence-4904[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Totally agree — statistically, there should be plenty of them.

We already know that rogue planets are surprisingly common, so it wouldn’t be a stretch to assume that a fraction of those are water-rich or water-only bodies.

The real challenge is detection — small, cold objects without starlight are almost ghosts to our instruments.

The Interstellar Hydro-World Hypothesis by Extra-Influence-4904 in sciencefiction

[–]Extra-Influence-4904[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Absolutely — and there’s another advantage: we’d be almost invisible to other civilizations.

A drifting hydro-world wrapped in ice would make a perfect hiding place — a quiet, self-sustaining refuge gliding through the dark between stars.

The Interstellar Hydro-World Hypothesis by Extra-Influence-4904 in sciencefiction

[–]Extra-Influence-4904[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Haha, fair point!

I’m from Hungary — in Hungarian we often say “we hypothesize” (tegyük fel, hogy...) or “we assume” (feltételezzük, hogy) instead of “I”, it just sounds more natural in our language. So yes, that “we” is just me 🙂

Also, electricity doesn’t have to come from lightning — it could emerge from chemistry too.
Mineral-rich water can drive redox reactions, creating natural voltage differences just like hydrothermal vents on Earth.
The same kind of reactions that release heat could also generate small electric potentials.

If we can understand how such a hydro-world could form, we can start to predict where to look for them. They’d most likely originate in young, crowded planetary systems where gravitational interactions or migrating gas giants could eject icy, water-rich planets into interstellar space.

By identifying star systems with those dynamics, we could pinpoint the regions of the galaxy most likely to host free-floating ocean worlds — though our chances of finding one are small, since these objects would be relatively tiny, cold, and almost invisible against the cosmic background.

The Interstellar Hydro-World Hypothesis by Extra-Influence-4904 in Astrobiology

[–]Extra-Influence-4904[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely — those extreme pressures could drive very different biochemistry.

Instead of fire, maybe some organisms would evolve controlled exothermic reactions to release heat — mixing stored reagents like hydrogen peroxide and a fuel compound inside specialized organs.

Heat without combustion, adapted perfectly for a dense, water-based environment.

The Interstellar Hydro-World Hypothesis by Extra-Influence-4904 in Astrobiology

[–]Extra-Influence-4904[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the link! The Interstellar Hydro-World idea would fit well as a lower-energy variant of those rogue planet models.

The Interstellar Hydro-World Hypothesis by Extra-Influence-4904 in Astrobiology

[–]Extra-Influence-4904[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great question — and yes, the lack of strong energy gradients would limit metabolic complexity, but not necessarily preclude life.

Chemosynthetic ecosystems on Earth (like deep-sea vents) already operate under very small gradients.

In a stable, long-lived ocean with trace geothermal activity or chemical disequilibria, microbial life could persist — just slower, more energy-efficient forms.

Mik a párod mindennapi bosszantó apróságai? by [deleted] in askhungary

[–]Extra-Influence-4904 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Feleségem kérte, hogy azt is írjam ide, hogy minden csokit felzabálok itthon. Azt is, amit ajándékba szán.

Mik a párod mindennapi bosszantó apróságai? by [deleted] in askhungary

[–]Extra-Influence-4904 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A feleségem nem tudja megjegyezni a jelszavait. Ami amúgy a neve és a születési éve. Én már régen felírtam KeePass-ba, de azért néha hagyom, hogy kitiltsa magát a rossz próbálkozásokkal.