Galaxiki
 Boldly going where no site has gone before, Galxiki has created "a fictional online galaxy (that) anyone can edit," regardless of Star Fleet accreditation. Membership is free, "science fiction lovers and creative people are welcome," and anyone who has ever stared longingly at the stars should come aboard. The site has only been live for about two months, but it already boasts hundreds of members and intricately mapped cosmos. To think that something like the Hausa solar system—with its 2 planets, 166 moons, and usual crowd of asteroids, comets, and interplanetary dust—exists only in the realm of Galaxiki left us a little dizzy. And that was before we examined each planet's atmosphere, mass, axial tilt, and temperature. Admitted ground-gazers that we are, it was astonishing for us to see the complexity and realism of this world. To the astronomy enthusiast—professional and amateur alike—it must feel like home.
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