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Once you leave the surface of the Earth, all bets are off. What we think of as immutable laws of nature are merely local phenomena, and all manner of things unexplainable by anything we know are out there between the stars -- planets identical to Earth in every way, elements that no one has ever suspected existed, chemical compounds that don't behave the way "our" science says they should, and creatures with powers that seem paranormal. Why? Because they're from outer space. See: Applied Phlebotinum, Deus Ex Machina, Space Does Not Work That Way. Examples of Space Is Magic include:

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  • Once you leave the surface of the Earth, all bets are off. What we think of as immutable laws of nature are merely local phenomena, and all manner of things unexplainable by anything we know are out there between the stars -- planets identical to Earth in every way, elements that no one has ever suspected existed, chemical compounds that don't behave the way "our" science says they should, and creatures with powers that seem paranormal. Why? Because they're from outer space. See: Applied Phlebotinum, Deus Ex Machina, Space Does Not Work That Way. Examples of Space Is Magic include:
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  • Once you leave the surface of the Earth, all bets are off. What we think of as immutable laws of nature are merely local phenomena, and all manner of things unexplainable by anything we know are out there between the stars -- planets identical to Earth in every way, elements that no one has ever suspected existed, chemical compounds that don't behave the way "our" science says they should, and creatures with powers that seem paranormal. Why? Because they're from outer space. See: Applied Phlebotinum, Deus Ex Machina, Space Does Not Work That Way. * Negative Space Wedgie * Planar Shockwave * Subspace or Hyperspace * Unknown Phenomenon In science fiction, space is rarely deliberately magical, but rather ends up that way due to insufficient research, The Rule of Cool, or excessive handwaving. Thus it's better described by its related tropes. However, when fantasy ventures into the final frontier, space is literally magical. Natural law isn't just ignored; it's shown the door and told not to come back. It's entirely replaced by a Here be Dragons sign. This is typical for fantasy, but when it's applied to outer space, things can get...weird. The changes in the laws of physics generally do not cause manned spacecraft or the humans aboard to malfunction, shut down, or fall apart. Such a spacecraft is usually contained in a bubble where earth science remains 99.9% reliable. Examples of Space Is Magic include:
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