Starship Asterisk*

Using the word 'recent' really depends on the context in which it is being used. In the case of SN2008D in today's APOD of NGC 2770, "recent" means recently observed even though the event occured at somewhere around 90 million years ago. When "Supernova 1987A" was first seen many...

Guess I should have kept my high res monitor, but I see no obvious CS (concise and systematic) types of crater chains. some cohesive splatter patterns possibly. There are a few CS types of crater chains on Mercury though that I know of. It seems when I now click on the image it is 'upsidedown' from...

One of the pictures returned yesterday from MESSENGER here: http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/sciencePhotos/image.php?gallery_id=2&image_id=120 seems to have a "chain of craters" all connected (WSW of the bright rayed crater). I know the moon has such chains as well but not as obviou...