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Tidally Locked Planet Civilizations

Tidally locked planet civilizations are one of the most distinctive models in alien-civilization theory: societies evolving on worlds with permanent day and permanent night. The concept sits at the intersection of exoplanet climate science, M-dwarf habitability, atmospheric circulation theory, and the question of how civilization develops when a planet’s geography is divided into eternal light, eternal dark, and narrow habitable twilight zones.