barren worlds
Sterile celestial bodies
Barren worlds are planets or moons devoid of life, lacking the conditions necessary to support organisms.
The phrase appears frequently in science fiction and astronomy: The probe surveyed dozens of barren worlds before finding one with liquid water.
A barren world typically has no atmosphere, no water, or extreme temperatures—hostile to life as we know it.
- desolateBleak and abandoned
- no man's landUnowned space between enemies
- wastelandUninhabitable barren region
- nuclear wastelandLand poisoned by radiation
- lifelessDevoid of animation
desert · dust bowl · moon · lunar surface · crater · dust · rocky · inhospitable · ghost town · void · outer space · sterile · empty · harsh · frozen · scorched · scorched earth · alien
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