Exploring the Milky Way Galaxy has led to to the discovery of something incredibly unclear and mysterious about Sol and the Milky Way Galaxy. Greats like Copernicus and Galileo were stepping stones succeeded by Einstein, Hawking, and many others.

Quick reference:

• List of objects in the Ascendents Astronomy Catalog (AAC)
• Notable stars of the Ascendents Sphere
• Mysteries of the Ascendents Sphere

What is happening in the Milky Way Galaxy?

Continued from, Space: Quick Guide for Finding Earth, greater than black holes, understanding the state of our galaxy and being able to see the immediate effects of what is happening, is a paradox that answers and unanswers the universe from all sides, because as explained in the previous article, Space: Bonus Galaxy Collisions, light reaches us before matter, and for something so giant to collide, it takes millions of years for the transition, and a lot can happen in those millions of years. The most distant parts of the galaxy told us the story way before humans are ever going to feel it, as when at a distance to look at an object thousands of light years in diameter, it's mind-bending even trying to make sense of what is seen.

What is AAC-1? The Ascendents Sphere

AAC-1 isn't the Oort Cloud or Kuiper Asteroid Belt. Those are icy and a lot closer, and don't need their distances referenced in light years. The Ascendents Sphere of stars AAC-1 is about 913 light years away. Why are we where we are? Even though Sol is inside the sphere, due to galactic relativity, its wave may still be approaching. For now, Earth survives the disturbance. There is a lot to assume. Gaps in stars over time made our galaxy map & the sphere's boundary. The sphere AAC-1 might be the limitation of certain telescopes, and the rays could be from big stars casting shadows, but that doesn't quite explain the story of why some rays are made of only blue stars. Modern telescopes can see millions and billions of light years, there is no reason for charts to get hung up at 913 light years. It seems like the technology for charting that many stars would have to be fairly modern. If the Ascendents Sphere is a data error, it doesn't answer why every sphere star isn't exactly 913 light years, sometimes it's 912, or maybe even 930 light years away. Maybe the paradox isn't a true sphere. Maybe Sol isn't the center. Maybe the center isn't what it was. Maybe the change ended the dinosaurs, or maybe since from a long time before that, the sphere could have drifted. If Sol isn't the center, time-dilation relativity would explain why we aren't dust, or maybe we are. All humanity is a flash for a turn of the galaxy; there's time for life even during galactic catastrophe.

At the sphere edge in the middle of M 7 (AAC-7) is star system AAC-2.

These two stars appear to orbit each other:
HD 162678 (AAC-2-1) & HD 162679 (AAC-2-2).

Messier Object 7: Ptolemy’s Cluster (AAC-7)

This blue line on the Ascendents Sphere is Messier 7: Ptolemy’s Cluster (M 7) is supposedly extends 980 light years away, however; there are data tables everywhere and they seem to keep getting more accurate. Online searches for a sphere of stars at that distance returned no recognizable information. It could be a shockwave gathering the stars with less mass. Update from August 29, 2022: Articles from 2019 reference possibilities for a vague "river of stars" at 1000 light years, but the articles don't identify the object or accurately describe it as spherical and all-surrounding (they claimed to have found a disc), and since then (three years later) has been unheard of and undocumented. Researchers even published the stellar river in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics. "As soon as we investigated this particular group of stars in more detail, we knew that we had found what we were looking for: A coeval, stream-like structure, stretching for hundreds of parsecs across a third of the entire sky," said Verena Fürnkranz, doctoral student at the University of Vienna. "It was so thrilling to be part of a new discovery."

It is unclear if what they thought they spotted even is the Ascendents Sphere (AAC-1), which is actually a ~913 ly radius star-dome (not a river or stream-like). If anything, the Ascendents Sphere would be more like an "ocean" of stars, but Earth's global conveyor belt can cycle the oceans every 1000 years. For the Ascendents Sphere, however; slower more like tectonic plates -- star currents are even much more complicated, existing in stellar magnitudes, and even galactic time proportions. The Star Dome of the Ascendents' origin and center is critical to understanding the true story of humanity. A textbook rewriting discovery of such universal magnitude is here at Ascendents.net. The Ascendents Sphere (AAC-1) is a new astronomic finding and these articles chart/document it.

What's next?

Further research can determine if the shape of the Ascendents Sphere, like the shape of our galaxy map, is real or technology limitation/artifact, however; nearly 1000 light years away, a stellar sphere seems to surround us. In the next article, explore some Ascendents Sphere (AAC-1) stars.

To be continued... Click here: Space: Notable Stars of the Ascendents Sphere

Enjoy these galaxy collisions. It's interesting that countless years pass as the collisions happen. Because galaxies colliding are so giant, all the stars and objects in the galaxies are light years apart. Light travels at the speed of light, however; galactic and stellar orbits don't. The collision from far distant Earth is so slow, it doesn't even look like anything is happening, even though the galaxies are experiencing radical change. There are millions of years for a transition that from a macro perspective is the snap of a finger.

Accuracy

Celestia is reasonably reliable as its space simulations actually seem to be almost accurate (for example IC 1987).

Follow these recommendations if lost in space and looking for Earth, or the Solar System, or to find the Milky Way Galaxy.

Other than HD 1, which as of April 2022 was one of the furthest galaxies known to exist, usually galaxies with low numbers in the database are more likely visible from Earth. Think simple, it's easy to ignore everything else, the hundred-or-so objects named with an M is a Messier object from 1700s, visible from Earth with binoculars, a good start for finding Milky Way Sol.

Knowing our nearest giant stars eliminates searching rest of the Galaxy, and from there it's easy to locate the neighborhoods of smaller recognizable stars. Reaching Earth only takes a few steps. Sometimes with a lucky angle, smaller stars shine through. Giant stars make Sol tricky to find.

Our Nearby Stars

Once in our stellar neighborhood, find a good view, speed up time so everything else flies by, meanwhile our star cluster has its own gravity. Alpha Centauri is a lot closer than others like Sirius, Procyon, and Formalhaut.

Alpha Centauri

Many star systems have 2 main stars, including Alpha Centauri: Rigil Kentaurus (α Cen A) & Toliman (α Cen B) are almost the same size as Sol. Proxima Centauri (aka α Cen C), a smaller star near the Alpha Centauri system is often seen as its own system. Proxima Centauri also has planets.

That should be enough to reach Earth, and from there best of luck, but it might not even matter if the galaxy is getting destroyed!
To be continued...Click here: Space: Ascendents Sphere of Stars (ASC-1)

On December 22, The Wall Street Journal reported, "during the 2020 presidential campaign, Mr. Trump once stated “nobody gets hacked” in an apparent attempt to minimize concerns about possible Russian interference in the election." President-elect Joe Biden responded, “cyber threats are among the greatest threats to our global security in the 21st century,” he added, “I believe we have to treat them with the same seriousness of purpose that we treated threats of other unconventional weapons.”

From the ashes of Donald Trump's white-hot administration, and of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the United States of America has discovered its information systems have been hacked to the point where major departments have given away sensitive information/intelligence and where industries have been turned upside-down, The Wall Street Journal continued, "the president-elect blamed Mr. Trump for an insufficient focus on cybersecurity, noting the elimination two years ago of a White House cybersecurity coordinator position and another effort to downgrade cybersecurity efforts at the State Department. Last month, Mr. Trump fired Chris Krebs, the top cybersecurity official at the Department of Homeland Security." According to the Associated Press on December 20, "Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, blasted Trump for putting the U.S. at continuing risk." He also urged, "an immediate response and calling cyberspace the warfare of the future.”

When in Wilmington, Delaware asked if it represented an act of war, Biden replied, “I see no evidence that it’s under control. I see none. Heard of none. Department won’t even brief us on many things. So I know of nothing that suggests it’s under control,” and, "enough’s enough. In an age when so much of our lives are conducted online, cyber attacks must be treated as a serious threat by our leadership at the highest levels. We can’t let this go unanswered. That means making clear and publicly who was responsible for the attack and taking meaningful steps to hold them in account."

While competition has been using America's lack of security and failed oversight against it, the U.S. president-elect said it is unknown, "the full scope of the breach or the extent of the damage it has caused. But we know this much, this attack constitutes a grave risk to our national security." Reports have suggested the hacks are coming from Russia, however; a greater understanding reveals the country's information technology/cyber systems are being exploited by anyone who can gain an advantage (see also: Bloomberg - China's Economy Set to Overtake U.S. Earlier Due to Covid Fallout). Biden said hackers have been, "setting the landscape to compromise our systems, scraping up sensitive information from our world-class tech sector and from private businesses and from United States government agencies." On December 20, The Wenatchee World's Simon Lewis reported, "Ron Klain said Biden was mapping out ways to degrade the capacity of foreign actors to engage in cyber attacks against the United States."

Leading up to Biden taking office on January 20, Joe said he is consulting, "with experts to plan for the steps that my administration will take in order to secure our systems, improve our cyber defenses and to better withstand future attacks that we know will come and to impose costs on those who conduct them," and also that, "we have to work with our allies to establish clear international rules and mechanisms to enforce them, and consequences for those countries that violate them" -- he referenced the previous administration where he served as vice-president, "as President Obama and I, and our administration talked about, we need international society, international rules of the road on cyber security. We have to bring along our allies and our friends, so we hold everyone accountable who breaches any of these basic fundamental rules" (more from this series: Ascendents.net - November 11, Intellectual Property Theft).

Here is the full transcript of Joe Biden's December 22 Press Conference

Intellectual Property refers to, "creations of the mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works; designs; and symbols, names and images used in commerce." - World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

On Aug. 7, 2019, Sintia Radu for U.S. News, wrote about IP theft and international business, "Intellectual property infringement, including patent violations, trademark counterfeiting, copyright piracy, and trade secret theft brings significant financial losses for both individuals and businesses and is a United States government concern. IP infringement can compromise the country's competitive advantage in innovation and creativity."

Total GDP is in trillions, however; the GDP change from the previous year is only in billions -- hundreds of billions add up across many industries.

The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol confirmed in their Intellectual Property Rights Brochure, IP rights are considered Priority Trade Issues (PTI) because they, "represent high-risk areas that can cause significant revenue loss, harm the U.S. economy, or threaten the health and safety of the American people." The brochure also mentioned that they enforce IP rights, "CBP engages in the interdiction of products that infringe on U.S. trademarks, copyrights, or exclusion orders issued by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). The enforcement of IPR supports public health and safety, promotes economic prosperity, and preserves domestic and international security."

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol's website for Intellectual Property Rights explains how IP violations affect Americans -- "Trade in counterfeit and pirated goods threatens America’s innovation economy, the competitiveness of our businesses, the livelihoods of U.S. workers, and, in some cases, national security and the health and safety of consumers." The website also said, "CBP Trade protects the intellectual property rights of American businesses, safeguarding them from unfair competition, and use for malicious intent while upholding American innovation and ingenuity." 

Americans have intelligence and experience

Generally speaking; U.S. has known how far to trust other countries/governments with IP.

The USTR 2019 Special 301 Report, for ensuring, "U.S. owners of IP have a full and fair opportunity to use and profit from their IP around the globe," lists China as first on Priority Watch List, page 3. In Executive Summary (page 6), "China’s placement on the Priority Watch List reflects the urgent need for fundamental structural changes to strengthen IP protection and enforcement, including as to trade secret theft, online piracy and counterfeiting...," and more. The music download site IP issue is believed to be a PTI of a much greater scale/volume than usual instances. 

This article follows an ongoing story -- for more context, read Ascendents.net News November 5th article: Artists Need Lost Revenue.

It is true that even in America and in many other countries, streaming services pay low rates, but they don't blatantly host a free MP3 download site. No signup is required for unlimited downloads -- this is branded and ad-free, it's different than a hacker website, U.S. companies are distributing directly to them. It would appear they unethically steal billions of music downloads and then underpay artists for streams by ~90%, bypassing the will of the American people -- they can't be trusted like honorable IP partners/governments -- such as Japan, and UK.

Because the United States is a free country, its citizens and businesses can survive creating intangible/intellectual property. For art/research/invention IP -- copyrights, patents, and trademarks allow freedom not protected in other parts of the world. Especially when doing international business, consider that while each and every industry/company/individual entity might not always get as government controlled -- in the future, they could be.

The U.S. Dept of Commerce 2018-2022 Strategic Plan, written on page 3, for Strategic Goal #1 - Accelerate American Leadership, "the United States leads the world in research, invention, and innovation. To strengthen our leadership, we are supporting the growth of commercial space activities, investing in foundational research, and protecting intellectual property (IP) to ensure creators can be rewarded for their inventions." The U.S. Department of Commerce plan's Strategic Objective 3.1 explains, "American businesses thrive when they compete internationally on a level playing field. We work to level the field by enforcing U.S. trade laws and ensuring that foreign governments comply with international agreements."

On November 11, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden who enters office in January, sent to Twitter this message (approaching 500-thousand likes) -- "When I’m speaking to foreign leaders, I’m telling them: America is going to be back. We’re going to be back in the game."

 Additional resources:

- Global Innovation Policy Center Dashboard
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Global Innovation Policy Center 2020 International IP Index