phenomena

Since various aspects of NSPs tend to come up regularly, and seemingly a bit more often these days, I thought I'd write up some information on them. Answers to the most frequently asked questions, information on how to find them, and so on. Click the spoiler buttons to see the answers and...

I was surface prospecting when I noticed a strange dust phenomenon on the horizon. I thought maybe it was a star matching the same intense orange-red of the planet I was on, coming over the horizon. But the only one I could find was a dwarf star and it illuminates with a dulled purple/maroon...

It is... a really big surprise to me, that as far as i know, Notable Stellar Phenomena appear in neither the discovery scanner, nor the system map. Only if you take an occasional look through the left-side navigation panel, which explorers rarely have reason to do, will you know if you have...