The sky, Oct. 26-31: Elusive Saturn moon in view Oct. 26

The sky, Oct. 26-31: Elusive Saturn moon in view Oct. 26

Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 26, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, October 26 Saturn’s moon Iapetus reaches inferior conjunction tonight, sitting 1.3′ due north of Saturn and glowing at roughly 11th magnitude. This oft-elusive moon is easier to find when it is close to its parent planet, so give it a try tonight. Magnitude 0.7 […]

Turning point for the CCP? Top military officers purged on eve of Fourth Plenum

Turning point for the CCP? Top military officers purged on eve of Fourth Plenum

Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 22, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct Nine senior military leaders have been purged by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) amid rumors about its direction, leadership and control of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). The firings coincided with the Fourth Plenum of the CCP’s 20th Central Committee in which the party would address a five-year […]

Jesus: ‘I did tell you, but you do not believe’

Jesus: ‘I did tell you, but you do not believe’

Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 24, 2025 WORDS OF LIFE John 10 22 Then came the Festival of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was in the temple courts walking in Solomon’s Colonnade. 24 The Jews who were there gathered around him, saying, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you […]

President Trump delivers wake-up call on lagging Moon race with China

President Trump delivers wake-up call on lagging Moon race with China

Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 22, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher America is in danger of losing the “second race to the Moon,” a prospect apparently rejected by President Donald Trump, so National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) acting Administrator, and Transportation Department Secretary Sean Duffy, on Oct. 20 injected new competition into the U.S. Moon […]

Oct. 23: ‘In my faithfulness I will reward my people’

Oct. 23: ‘In my faithfulness I will reward my people’

Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 23, 2025 Spiritual Food* Isaiah 61 Instead of your shame you will receive a double portion, and instead of disgrace you will rejoice in your inheritance. And so you will inherit a double portion in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours. 8 “For I, the Lord, love justice; I […]

Real historians address popular narratives

Real historians address popular narratives

Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 20, 2025 Nov 6, 2024 Hoover Institution at Stanford University billed senior fellows Niall Ferguson, Victor Davis Hanson, and Andrew Roberts as among the most prestigious and popular historians in the world. They appeared together in a public forum for the first time last November. Among the topics they covered: The […]

The sky, Oct. 19-24: Orionid meteor shower on Oct. 21

The sky, Oct. 19-24: Orionid meteor shower on Oct. 21

Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 19, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, October 19 The Moon and Venus hang close together in the predawn sky, sharing the sky in the constellation Virgo. An hour before sunrise, look east to spot Venus, the brightest point of light, blazing at magnitude –3.9 nearly 7° above the horizon and […]

‘Come near to God and he will come near to you’

‘Come near to God and he will come near to you’

Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 17, 2025 WORDS OF LIFE James 4 6 But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.” 7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and he […]