Special to CosmicTribune.com, November 5, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Oct. 30, 2025 the world was treated to a split-screen of the United States-China race back to the Moon in two press events: • A China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) press conference and then, released that same day, • An update on its […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, November 2, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Sunday, November 2 Daylight saving time ends today at 2 A.M. The Moon passes 4° north of Saturn at 6 A.M. EST, then passes 3° north of Neptune at noon EST. This evening after sunset, you’ll find the waxing Moon located to the upper left […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 29, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Combat zones where United States and Chinese military forces are regularly “eyeball to eyeball” include the Taiwan Strait, the East China Sea in defense of Japan, the South China Sea in defense of the Philippines, and increasingly in space, where the U.S. and China are […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 15, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher During the Cold War there was the perceived “bomber gap” between the United States and the former Soviet Union, followed by a “missile gap.” Decades down the road in the current United States-China Cold War, the U.S. should be planning a response to a looming […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 11, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Saturday, October 11 Last week, Io and Europa took a trip together across Jupiter, transiting the planet with their shadows. The moons’ resonant orbits mean similar events often repeat, and this morning is your chance to catch another one. Bright Jupiter stands high above the […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 8, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher What part of America’s “race” with China back to the Moon is most important? • That the U.S. demonstrate strong leadership of the democratic coalition of space faring nations by meeting its 2027 plans to return, beating China ‘s plan to get there before 2030? […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, October 6, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Astronomy.com report. Friday, October 3 There’s a new potential supernova candidate in a spiral galaxy located in Ursa Major, visible overnight for U.S. observers. If you’ve got an imaging scope or an astrophotography setup on a larger optical instrument, you may want to give it a try. […]
