Starship Asterisk*

Thanks, Art. I wondered about that. Makes sense.

JH

Why do solar flares seem mainly to arise along two east-west bands? I don't see any arising from either of the poles, and few from the equator. Rather they seem to arise mainly from what would correspond (on earth) to the tropics of cancer and capricorn. Is it a function of the sun's magnetic fields...

So, what are the steps in a star forming? Clearly there has to be enough matter to form the star, and most of it has to be hydrogen. Secondly, the kinetic energies have to be such that enough of the mass is able to coalesce gravitationally. So far, so good. If it's about the amount of mass as the su...

Is it just me, or are there colliding galaxies in the middle of the painting?

And a red giant in the top right?