FAQ The model, the map, and the boundaries
Know exactly
what the signal means.
These answers explain the sponsorship model, exact-double succession, catalog boundaries, and sponsor rights.
Am I buying a planet?
No. You are sponsoring one digital placement associated with a Space Pixel catalog body. You receive no celestial ownership, official naming right, scientific recognition, fictional canon control, security, equity, royalty, or investment return.
How does exact-double succession work?
The first approved sponsor pays that body’s frozen opening price. After activation, a later approved sponsor may take the current primary signal only by paying exactly twice the current recorded price. It is a fixed succession rule, not an auction: no smaller, larger, or custom bid replaces that exact amount.
What happens to the previous sponsor?
The primary signal changes to the successor. The prior sponsor receives no refund, payout, royalty, revenue share, or portion of the later payment. Its approved name, destination, tagline, message, paid price, and sponsorship dates move into the public Previous Sponsors history, subject to policy, legal, fraud, and security enforcement.
How long does the primary signal last?
It remains current until an approved exact-double successor activates, or until it must be removed for a policy, legal, fraud, security, or destination violation. A historical entry is intended to remain for the platform’s operating life, subject to the same safeguards.
How do applications and payments work?
Every application is reviewed before payment. Approved exact prices of $10,000 or less use a dedicated Space Pixel Stripe Checkout. Approved prices above $10,000 require private identity verification, agreement, invoice, and wire coordination.
Can one company hold several bodies?
No. One verified organization, business, or project may hold one active Space Pixel sponsorship. Previous historical listings do not count as active sponsorships.
Are sponsorships refundable?
They are intended to be final once the signal is fulfilled, except for duplicate charges, failure to deliver the purchased signal, fraud, or refunds required by applicable law. Exact-double succession itself does not create a refund.
What is included in Our Universe?
The catalog contains 101 bodies across 13 mapped systems: 45 Solar System bodies and 56 bodies across 12 nearby planetary systems. That includes 48 confirmed planets in total, 31 featured Solar System moons, five dwarf planets, 13 principal stars, and four associated companion stars.
Are all 12 nearby systems complete?
Yes for confirmed planets in the NASA Exoplanet Archive snapshot verified August 31, 2026: all 40 confirmed exoplanets and all 12 planet-hosting stars are represented, along with four important stellar companions in the two known triple-star systems. The archive reports zero confirmed moons in these systems. Candidate or hypothetical bodies are not catalog inventory.
Are all Solar System moons included?
No. The Solar System deliberately features 31 major or scientifically prominent moons rather than hundreds of known satellites. The catalog states this boundary plainly; the set can grow later without pretending the current display is exhaustive.
Are the planet visuals scientific photographs?
Earth, Mars, and Jupiter use credited NASA-derived global textures. Most other surfaces, atmospheres, rings, colors, sizes, positions, and orbital paths are artistic browser visualizations. Real names and selected data do not imply direct surface imagery or physical scale.
What happened to the Forge Universe worlds?
The provisional worlds and systems were cleared. Forge Universe now contains one large preview sun in open space and no sponsorship inventory. It is a promise of a future universe, not a launched collection.
Will more systems be added?
Yes. The map and catalog are structured to expand as additional systems are deliberately verified and represented. New bodies will be added only after their identity, completeness, source record, visual boundary, and sponsorship status are clear.