Starship Asterisk*

APOD 26 Mar 2006 ( http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060326.html ) Super picture... Description makes me wonder how such a structure could be formed. How about this idea? If a relatively large object were orbiting Eta Carinae, the object would prevent the star's expulsion of gas and dust from being...

Their main purpose is to impress the public and make for pretty posters on the office walls. If that is the case, it worked! I, too, had questions about the explanation... Granted, the ejecta does not move at light speed -- but the SN light eruption does. So maybe the point of the explanation is th...