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Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park

September 16, 2021 Cleve Carter

Kissimmee Prairie is one of only two dark sky areas in Florida recognized and “certified” by the International Dark Sky…

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Mars Lander Perseverance

February 11, 2021 Cleve Carter

Get Ready to Watch the Mars Landing Show One week from today on Thursday, Feb. 18, NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover…

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Mars Rover Perseverance

January 20, 2021 Cleve Carter

The latest Mars rover, Perseverance is scheduled to touch down on Mars on February 18th. Perseverance information: Main Job: Seek signs…

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Martian Dust Storm

November 26, 2020 Cleve Carter

Just like the movies, Mars does have dust storms. Unlike the movies, the wind speed is only 10-20 MPH. But,…

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Astroid 2018 VP1 Earth Impact?

September 11, 2020 Cleve Carter

Around mid-August, someone emailed me asking about an article about the 2018 VP1 asteroid headed toward Earth, stating that it…

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Upcoming Events

Cleve Carter

I’m sure this won’t surprise anyone: Due to the current Covid issues, all of our September events were cancelled. October…

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We’re on Amazon Smile

August 2, 2020 Cleve Carter

If you know about Amazon Smile and how a percentage of your purchase price gets donated to a charity of…

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Interstellar visitor

September 13, 2019 Cleve Carter

First, what does “Interstellar” mean? Interstellar means outside of our solar system. So, what is “visiting” us from outside of…

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Iridium Flares Vs Starlink Flares

May 29, 2019 Cleve Carter

For a long time now, we’ve been accustomed to watching Iridium “Flares” in the night sky as the iridium communication…

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New Private Moon Lander

April 11, 2019 Cleve Carter

There’s a PRIVATE MOON LANDING TODAY: When (if) humans ever return to the Moon, it may not be by NASA. America’s…

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