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COVID-19 Rocket Launch Viewing

If one gets the opportunity to attend a rocket launch, make sure to take advantage of every aspect. There are some unique social opportunities and contacts that one can make; however, COVID-19 has made for…


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Top 4 Astronomical Events In 2021

Here is the list of Top 5 Unique Astronomical Events that are set to occur in 2021 that will be visible in the Pacific Northwest! There are some items that we have left off such…


Messier 24 Sagittarius Star Cloud

Messier 24 Sagittarius Star Cloud

Messier 24, otherwise known as the Sagittarius Star Cloud, is an absolutely massive star cloud. It is claimed that viewing M24 through binoculars provides the observer with “the densest concentration of individual stars that can…


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What Is Dark Matter

In the standard model of cosmology, the total mass–energy of the universe is said to contain 5% of ordinary matter and energy, 27% of dark matter, and 68% of what is known as dark energy. This article will only touch the surface of…


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Solar System Moon Facts

In this article, we will be discussing some facts about moons of the solar system, including the number of moons each planet has, the naming convention for the planetary body moons, and which planet reigns…


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Holiday Celebrations In Space

As we enter the holiday season, let’s see how the astronauts celebrate them on the ISS and How some historical missions have celebrated these holidays. One of the most famous space missions to occur during…


Messier 23

Messier 23

Messier 23 is a bright, large open star cluster located in the constellation Sagittarius. M23 has an estimated age of at least 220 million years, which makes it one of the older known open clusters in…


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Black Holes: An Introduction

Black holes are a region of spacetime that exhibits gravitational acceleration so strong that nothing, including light itself, can escape. The boundary of the black hole from which no light can escape is called the event horizon. Although the…



Messier 22 Sagittarius Cluster

Messier 22 Sagittarius Cluster

With a visual magnitude of 5.5, M22 is the brightest globular cluster visible from the mid-northern latitudes. However, as it lies in the southern constellation Sagittarius, M22 never rises very high in the sky and…