Sources - addtheletters/space GitHub Wiki
As you can imagine, a game about space would require some science! Unfortunately, I am a mere high school student and do not know everything about how the universe works. So, sources! Some may be of questionable validity, but it's better than just spouting about space magic.
Space Combat mechanics part 1!
Space Combat mechanics part 2!
Space Combat mechanics part 3!
Inverse-square law for various physics things
Thermal Radiation / Heat Dissapation
Also, I suck at programming! So to figure out how to do some of this stuff I need the internet. More sources about that.