Known Space is the fictional setting of about a dozen science fiction novels and several collections of short stories by American writer Larry Niven....

This is a list of fictional characters featured in the Known Space novels by Larry Niven. Sigmund Ausfaller, a native of Earth, is a member of the Amalgamated...

Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven is a science fiction collection by American writer Larry Niven, collecting thirteen short stories published...

misnomer for Known Space, a fictional setting created by Larry Niven This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Known Universe. If an...

an astrophysicist who was employed as a data scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center at the time, said in an April 2013 TED talk that he had used...

the entire n-dimensional Euclidean space (where n is 2, 3, or any other positive integer). Most well-known space-filling curves are constructed iteratively...

collection) The Shape of Space (1969 collection) Protector (1973)—Hugo and Locus SF Awards nominee, 1974 Tales of Known Space: The Universe of Larry Niven...

Space opera is a subgenre of science fiction that emphasizes space warfare, with use of melodramatic, risk-taking space adventures, relationships, and...

to be part of a boundless four-dimensional continuum known as spacetime. The concept of space is considered to be of fundamental importance to an understanding...

(also known as astronaut selfies), machines (also known as space robot selfies and rover selfies) and by indirect methods. The first known space selfie...

fiction novels written by American author Larry Niven. It is part of his Known Space series of stories. Its backdrop is the Ringworld, a giant artifact 600...

Ringworld is a 1970 science fiction novel by Larry Niven, set in his Known Space universe and considered a classic of science fiction literature. Ringworld...

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., commonly referred to as SpaceX, is an American space technology company headquartered at the Starbase development...

mechanics include space exploration, space trade and space combat. Some games in the genre aim to recreate a realistic portrayal of space flight, involving...

upon sites' URI space. The list below describes known standards for .well-known services that a web server can implement. "Well-Known URIs". IANA. Archived...

Space travel,: 69 : 209–210 : 511–512  or space flight: 200–201  (less often, starfaring or star voyaging: 217, 220 ) is a science fiction theme that...

A space settlement (also called a space habitat, space stead, space city or space colony) is a settlement in outer space, sustaining more extensively habitation...

The known-plaintext attack (KPA) is an attack model for cryptanalysis where the attacker has access to both the plaintext (called a crib) and its encrypted...

Pierson's Puppeteers, often known just as Puppeteers, are a fictional alien race from American author Larry Niven's Known Space books. The race first appeared...

vulnerable to ciphertext-only attacks. For example, Akelarre. A cipher whose key space is too small is subject to brute force attack with access to nothing but...

Many of Niven's stories—sometimes called the Tales of Known Space—take place in his Known Space universe, in which humanity shares the several habitable...

Outer space (or simply space) is the expanse that exists beyond Earth's atmosphere and between celestial bodies. It contains ultra-low levels of particle...

Unthought known is a phrase coined by Christopher Bollas in the 1980s to represent those experiences in some way known to the individual, but about which...

(1952–1964) by H. Beam Piper Starship Troopers (1959) by Robert A. Heinlein Known Space (1964–present) by Larry Niven Dune (1965–present) by Frank Herbert The...

Space travel under constant acceleration is a hypothetical method of space travel that involves the use of a propulsion system that generates a constant...

In the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000, the Space Marines, also known as the Adeptus Astartes, are superhuman warrior-monks who fight for the Imperium...

Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA /ˈnæsə/) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the United States' civil space program...

(secondary coordinates) The Alcântara Space Center (Portuguese: Centro Espacial de Alcântara, CEA), former known as Alcântara Launch Center (Portuguese:...

spatial dimensions into a single four-dimensional continuum now known as Minkowski space. This interpretation proved vital to the general theory of relativity...

Protectors are two developmental stages of fictional life in Larry Niven's Known Space universe. The Pak first appeared in "The Adults", which appeared in Galaxy...