Posted 3/5/2024, 3:57:18 PM
NASA Launches Free Tabletop RPG The Lost Universe About Hubble Telescope and Space Mysteries
- NASA released a free, original tabletop RPG called The Lost Universe centered around a mystery involving the Hubble Space Telescope disappearing
- The game takes place on an exoplanet called Exlaris that was knocked out of orbit by a black hole in the past
- Players are Earthlings brought through a portal to help find the Hubble after it was stolen by a dragon
- The gameplay integrates real science about the Hubble and concepts like gravitational lensing
- The lore includes references to famous astronomers like Edwin Hubble and scientific ideas like dark matter