Special to CosmicTribune.com, April 28, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. SUNDAY, APRIL 27 ■ Arcturus is the brightest star high in the east these evenings. Spica shines lower right of it by about three fists at arm’s length. To the right of Spica by half that distance is the distinctive four-star constellation Corvus, the springtime Crow. […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, April 23, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Without having to respond to a free press or an inquisitive legislature, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is free to define government transparency as it pleases, usually minimally in order to deny critical insights to adversaries looking to defend themselves from CCP aggression. This is […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, April 20, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. SUNDAY, APRIL 20 ■ Find Procyon high above brilliant Sirius in the southwest right after dark. Look upper left of Procyon by 15° (about a fist and a half at arm’s length) for the dim head of Hydra, the enormous Sea Serpent. His head is a […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, April 14, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. SUNDAY, APRIL 13 ■ Vega, the bright “Summer Star,” rises in the northeast these evenings. How early or late depends on your latitude and also on your longitude within your time zone. Exactly where should you watch for Vega to come up? Spot the Big Dipper […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, April 8, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. SUNDAY, APRIL 6 ■ The Big Dipper stands high in the northeast these evenings, tipping over to the left dumping water. Its handle plus the two stars of its bowl closest to the handle form a broad, rough arc. To the right of the arc, not […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, March 31, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. SATURDAY, MARCH 29 ■ A partial eclipse of the Sun happens for northeastern North America, Greenland, Iceland, and most of Europe. For most the northeastern U.S. and the Canadian Maritimes, the eclipse will already be under way at sunrise. SUNDAY, MARCH 30 ■ Mars is passing 4° south of […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, March 19, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China’s state-owned and government subsidized “private” space sector has taken great liberties in trying to copy the pioneering concepts of Elon Musk’s SpaceX corporation, in particular the SpaceX innovation of reusable medium and heavy space launch vehicles (SLVs). Now, one Chinese private space company is […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, March 18, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. MONDAY, MARCH 17 ■ Sirius, the Dog Star, the brightest star after the Sun, shines due south crossing the meridian as the first stars come out in the fading twilight. How early can you spot it? Look next for the stars of Orion about two fists to […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, March 10, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. MONDAY, MARCH 10 ■ Mars, Pollux, and Castor in Gemini pass nearly overhead soon after nightfall this week, if you live in the world’s mid-northern latitudes. Mars is still the brightest. Pollux and Castor go smack overhead if you’re near latitude 30° north. Those “twin” heads of […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 28, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. SUNDAY, MARCH 2 ■ February was Orion’s month to stand at his highest in the south in early evening. Now March pushes him westward and spotlights his dog, Canis Major with Sirius on his chest, standing center stage on the meridian. Sirius is not only the […]
