The sky, Sept. 16-22: Saturn rising as summer ends

The sky, Sept. 16-22: Saturn rising as summer ends

Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 15, 2024 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 ■ The two brightest stars of September evenings are Vega high overhead and Arcturus in the west, both magnitude 0. ■ Saturn this evening glows about 5° to the left of the nearly full Moon. Watch the Moon close in on it as the […]

Is this really the reason Taylor Swift endorsed Harris?

Is this really the reason Taylor Swift endorsed Harris?

Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 12, 2024 Taylor Swift, who has a lot of songs about choosing the wrong person, endorsed Kamala Harris following Tuesday’s debate. Independent analyst Megyn Kelly noted that Swift had said a main reason for her endorsement was Harris’s selection of Tim Walz as her running mate. Swift lauded Walz for his […]

In retrospect, was President Trump right? Could hydroxychloroquine have been a ‘game-changer’?

In retrospect, was President Trump right? Could hydroxychloroquine have been a ‘game-changer’?

Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 12, 2024 In the early stages of the Covid pandemic, President Donald Trump and senior adviser Peter Navarro arranged for the donation of 63 million doses of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) to America’s strategic drug stockpile. The Trump administration began securing the HCQ in March 2020, after Trump, on the advice of his […]

At Tiandu Forum, China reveals Moon base, lunar orbit buildup plans

At Tiandu Forum, China reveals Moon base, lunar orbit buildup plans

Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 11, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China revealed how it plans to occupy the Moon, conduct asteroid defense of the Earth, and propagandized about its space program at the Sept. 4-6 second annual conference of China’s Deep Space Exploration Laboratory (DSEL), or Tiandu Forum. China’s Moon plans were briefed by Wu […]

The sky, Sept. 8-15: Moon occults Pi Scorpii, Sept. 9

The sky, Sept. 8-15: Moon occults Pi Scorpii, Sept. 9

Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 9, 2024 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 ■ Right after nightfall, the thickening crescent Moon shines low in the southwest. Look almost two fists upper left of it for orange Antares. Two thirds of the way from the Moon to Antares is the near-vertical row of three stars marking the […]

Whereabouts of 325,000 minors unknown to federal authorities

Whereabouts of 325,000 minors unknown to federal authorities

Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 4, 2024 By failing to control the southern border, the Biden-Harris administration is “complicit” in child trafficking, Goya Foods CEO Robert Unanue said. “How about the United States — instead of being the complicit middlemen in child trafficking, human trafficking and drugs — why don’t they put a lid on that […]

Trump urged to forge faster path to the Moon

Trump urged to forge faster path to the Moon

Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 4, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In order to meet the National Air Space Administration’s (NASA) new goal of putting Americans back on the Moon in September 2026 for the Artemis III mission, does the United States need new but simpler space architecture, or should it seek to rationalize elements of […]

The sky, September 1-8: A winter preview at dawn

The sky, September 1-8: A winter preview at dawn

Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 1, 2024 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. The thin waning crescent Moon guides the way to Mercury low in bright dawn on the mornings of August 31st and September 1st. Bring binoculars. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 ■ Look for bright Vega passing the zenith as twilight fades away, if you live in the world’s […]

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