Future Of The Sun
Although morbid, the sun is like every other star as it will finish its lifecycle in the distant future. However, there is no risk for any changes to the star that provides the Earth with…
CRS-21: The BRAINS Experiment
Set to launch on December 5th, 2020 to the ISS, the 21st SpaceX cargo resupply is launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida with more than 250 science experiments. CRS-21 is currently planned to be a 30 day…
3D Printing
Come join us for a quick look at 3D Printing and its potential applications to spaceflight, and the space manufacturing process. What is 3D Printing? It can be described as the process builds a three-dimensional…
Messier 20 Trifid Nebula
Messier 20, the Trifid Nebula, is an Open Cluster as well as a combination of Emission, Reflection and Dark Nebula located in the Sagittarius region of the Milky Way. It also belongs to the constellation…
Conjunction: An Introduction
In astronomy, a conjunction occurs when two astronomical objects or spacecraft have either the same right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude, usually as observed from Earth. Times and details depend only very slightly on the observer’s location on the…
The Big Bang Theory
The Big Bang theory is a cosmological model for the observable universe from the earliest known periods through its subsequent large-scale evolution. The model describes how the universe expanded from a very high-density and high-temperature state, and offers a comprehensive explanation for a broad range of phenomena,…
Quasars: What Are They?
The term quasar or quasars originated as a contraction of quasi-stellar radio source, because they were first identified during the 1950s as sources of radio-wave emission of unknown physical origin. It was first used in a paper by astrophysicist Hong-Yee Chiu in…
Messier 19
The stars in globular clusters orbit about a common center of gravity, so these clusters are usually spherical. Some globular clusters, like Messier 19, have a slightly elongated shape. This cluster is only 6,500 light-years…
November 30 – Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
As mentioned in the lunar eclipses article, a penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes through the Earth’s partial shadow, or penumbra. During this type of eclipse the Moon will darken slightly but not…
Model Rockets
Many people are interested in model rockets, but what are they exactly? How do they vary and how did model rockets become so popular? A model rocket is a small rocket designed to reach low altitudes and be recovered by a…