Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 11, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Sky & Telescope.com report. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11 ■ As October proceeds, Deneb slowly replaces Vega as the zenith star of early evening (for skywatchers at mid-northern latitudes). Accordingly, dim Capricornus has replaced Sagittarius as the zodiacal constellation having its best display in the south. MONDAY, OCTOBER 12 […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 8, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher It is a huge week for international space activity, with the 77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) taking place in Antalya, Turkey from Oct. 4-9, providing an opportunity to compare the coalition efforts of the United States and China. The IAC is usually the annual calendar’s […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 5, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Sky & Telescope.com report. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4 ■ Vega is the brightest star very high in the west at nightfall. Arcturus, equally bright, is getting low in the west-northwest. The brightest star in the vast expanse between them, about a third of the way from Arcturus up […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 1, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher It was revealed by Elon Musk himself to a roomful of thousands adoring space geeks at the 2016 International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico (this analyst was there). Ten years later on Sept. 28, 2026, SpaceX accomplished the first full orbital test of its Starship […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 27, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Sky & Telescope.com report. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 ■ Now Saturn shines about a fist to the Moon’s right in the evening, as shown above. You’ll find it lower right of the Moon after midnight. ■ Algol should be at its minimum brightness for a couple hours centered […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 24, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Sept. 16, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Daniel Caine told the United States Air and Space Force Association that the U.S. Joint Force should be “prepared to fight” in “cislunar space,” or the region between the Earth and the Moon and […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 20, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, September 20 Now is the best time to catch 145-mile-wide Juno as it passes through a random collection of 9th- and 10th-magnitude stars. Now located in far southern Aquila near its border with Sagittarius, Juno glows at magnitude 9.6. Around 9 P.M. local daylight time, […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 17, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Oxon Hill, MD — In Sept. 15 remarks before the Air Cyber Space Conference of the United States Air Force Association, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator Jared Isaacman described aspects of the lunar space race with China and the importance for the U.S. […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 13, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, September 13 Blazing at magnitude –4.8, Venus is nearing its greatest illuminated extent and stands out as an unmissable evening star after sunset. This evening it is joined by a lovely thin crescent Moon as the pair hangs together in Virgo the Maiden, near […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 10, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher An “international” satellite project and a Sept. 5 revelation in the South China Morning Post (SCMP) indicate that China is moving to contest cislunar space, the strategic zone between the Earth and the Moon. On Sept. 4 state media China Daily revealed the International Cislunar […]
