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Dark Matter and the Totalitarian Principle

The basic problems with Dark Matter that cosmologists are trying to solve revolve around the fact that the combined gravitational forces of the all the detectable matter in the Universe are not sufficient to prevent the expansion of the Universe from accelerating to beyond the…

Astronomy with Binoculars: What to See in the Northern Hemisphere

Observing the heavens with a pair of binoculars is without a doubt the easiest and most cost-effective way to get into the hobby of stargazing, and you don’t need the biggest, heaviest, and most expensive model on the market to do it, either. Almost any…

A Quick Tour of Five Northern Autumn Constellations

Astronomy beginners and amateur astronomers will have plenty of things to see in the autumn sky. The changing season brings new constellations into view, and with them, new opportunities to view and observe old favorites, but perhaps also some new ones, or perhaps objects that you…