Starship Asterisk*

A friend of mine wondered whether we might be able to link observations from multiple orbital observatories using long-baseline-interferometry like we do on the ground. I suspect that it is much more difficult in space where the separation between the stations is not fixed, and where they are all mo...

Does this picture in any way support my view that solar systems in their early stages consist of multiple competing protoplanetary bodies interacting until eventually one body reaches sufficient mass to dominate the system? In my model direct collisions would be rare as the early bodies would be rel...

I love zooming in close to these ice worlds and cruising across the surface, exploring the craters and cracks and other formations. I try to imagine the blocks adrift before they freeze in place, or try to trace out the cracks as they cross each other to see which are older and which are younger. I ...