Research Impact is an attribute that summarizes the rarity of each DexoWorld. By combining the probabilities of each of the other attributes, one can calculate the probability of generating another planet that's exactly the same. The lower this probability, the higher the impact is on the fictional research community of the Veran Way.

DexoWorlds come in all different sizes, just like the planets in our solar system. You'll notice here that larger planets are easier to come by— astronomers have found many more large planets than smaller ones. Is this because extra large planets are truly more common, or just because they're easier to find when they're big?

As you might know already, worlds can come in all sorts of beautiful colors and patterns. Just check out Jupiter and some of its moons to see how diverse it can get, even in the same neighborhood. The color that you see from above is cause by either the chemical makeup of its surface, atmosphere, or both. And while there aren't any rainbow worlds in our solar system, who knows... maybe we'll a rainbow exoplanet someday.

Every planetary system consists of one or more worlds orbiting around a singe (or sometimes binary) star. In the case of our solar system, we have eight (or nine if you're old school). In other cases, there could be a single, lonely planet orbiting its star. In the Veran Way Galaxy, there can be anywhere from one to eleven planets orbiting a single star. Each planet is named after its central star, and a letter is appended to the end in alphabetical order to mark the order of the planets from closest to farthest, just like when a real exoplanetary system is discovered.

Some star systems can have no planets in orbit at all, and some can have tens of planets! In the Veran Way galaxy, one can find planets that are orbiting alone around their star, or they can have up to ten siblings, for a maximum of 11 planets. At some point soon, stars will be available as NFTs in the Veran Way galaxy, and, in order to get one, you will have to collect every planet orbiting around each star. If your DexoWorld is the only one orbiting its particular star, it's your lucky day because you already qualify! If yours is 1 in 11, well, good luck, but the reward could be worth it!

These rarities represent the number of DexoWorlds in systems with N total worlds in orbit. For example, the most worlds are orbiting in star systems with 5 total planets. In addition, there are 282 planets in 1-planet systems, meaning they have no sibling planets. These so-called "1/1" systems guarantee a DexoStar NFT during the next phase of the project!

Some planets have moons, also known as natural satellites, and some do not. That's just the way it is. And some have a lot of moons . In the Veran Way Galaxy, each planet can have up to 60 moons. However, most of these moons will likely be very small. Certainly too small to be visible from your shuttle. For every 15 satellites a DexoWorld has, I will have 1 large satellite visible in its image.

Planetary rings are a beautiful sight to behold, and can hide many interesting clues about a world's composition or origins. The famous rings of Saturn, for example, are mostly made of bits of water ice, ranging in size from a grains of sand to that of a large building! That said, Saturn isn't the only planet with rings in our solar system. DexoWorlds can have rings too, that are either gray-green in color or a magnificent pink-blue. While we don't expect to find these special rings in the Milky Way, we still love them just the same.

In the Milky Way, we've only found life on one planet thus far. And most likely, you're on it right now. (If you're not... well, DM me). Could there be other life out there? Some even ask, how could there not be with so many planets? Others might respond, well if they're there, how come we haven't found them? The truth is, with only one example, it's very hard to say one way or the other until we find evidence. Don't despair though, In the Veran Way Galaxy there are many planets that host all different forms of life. With microbial life, unfortunately you can't tell by looking at an image. For intelligent life, you will see orbiting a manmade satellite in orbit, and if there is interplanetary life, you will find a space shuttle! (Unfortunately there's no way to know if the civilization is warp-capable or not).

The color of the background stars of a DexoWorld is mainly related to its location in the galaxy. Towards the center, and and along the spiral arms, there are a lot of young, bright blue stars. Far out from the center, most of the stars are old, red stars that have been around for billions upon billions of years. Elsewhere in the galaxy, there is a good mix of all different stellar types, rendering white background stars. Then, every now and then, just for fun, the background stars might be green for no reason at all... something that doesn't happen in our universe. This is one of the big unsolved mysteries stumping the scientists of the Veran Way Galaxy.

The Veran Way Galaxy has a spiral shape, just like our Milky Way. Spiral galaxies often have a straight bar in the center, and arms that snake outward from there. Some are wound tightly and some have wide-sweeping arms. In the Milky Way, scientists have named these different arms. The Veran Way Galaxy has many galactic neighborhoods as well, from the crowded Hypatian and Marshan arms to the sparse Outerlands.