This artist's impression shows the exoplanet WASP - 12b — an alien world as black as fresh asphalt, orbiting a star like our Sun. (sciencedaily.com)
There's something to be said about a fast German coupe roaming through empty hills at speeds considered nearly impudent; the Audi S5 hustled — glided, really — along undulating Hill Country roads, across curves drawn like ribbons and fresh asphalt unsullied by traffic; past ranches and grassland and precious little society in between. (autoweek.com)