Starship Asterisk*

Now I'm going to have Judas Priest singing 'Breaking The Law' in my head all day, because of this one sentence. They are designed to detect strange flickers of blue light -- Cherenkov radiation --emitted when charged particles move slightly faster than the speed of light in air. Breaking the Cosmic ...

The residue is thought to be mostly sodium carbonate and ammonium chloride from a slushy brine within or below the dwarf planet's crust. The term "slushy brine" suggests the presence of liquid water. Is that right, or am I misunderstanding this? I'd have assumed that Ceres would be too co...

This looks like as good a place as any to point out a typo or editing error, so ...

This dust is not known not for its bright glow

... would be the strangest double negative I've ever seen if it were intentional.

Thanks for the daily dose of amazing star-stuff.