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"Dark dust lit by the bright yellow star Antares highlight this photogenic starscape of the southern sky." Simple verb-subject agreement is not rocket science; but I frequently see this sort of thing on this site. I encourage the learned writers to proof-read. Let's fight dumbing down, peo...

You are of course right , Chris, that grammatical lapses cannot tell all; and perhaps in this one instance it seems that I am making a mountain out of a molehill. However, whenever I read these interesting little blurbs and find a jarring inattentiveness to very basic grammar -- such as, here, lack ...

"In the heart of monstrous Tarantula Nebula lies huge bubbles of energetic gas..." Despite my occasional castigations, the writers of these blurbs still seem unable or unwilling consistently to write correct prose--perhaps the sign of the narrow scientist unwilling to consider humane conce...

Aha! Romulan grammar then!

"...it is a clear demonstration that complex planetary systems exists..."

No comment.

These are not random postings. They are comments written for public consumption. By the way, the problem was that the sentences made no grammatical sense, not that there were any misspellings.
Sincerely.

"Haumea's smooth but oblong shape make it extremely unusual. Along one direction, Haumea is significantly longer than Pluto, while in another direction Haumea has an extent very similar to Pluto, while in the third direction is much smaller." Am I the only one who would like the writers of...

"The combined light of the Milky Way stars are reflected by the dusty, galactic cirrus,..."
Excuse me, but the light of the stars IS reflected. Let's get some accuracy in our writing, people.

The author wrote "lays" for "lies"--a common mistake; but accuracy is important across disciplines.