Special to CosmicTribune.com, May 13, 2023 May is the month when the Milky Way is altogether missing from the evening sky, for those of us living in the latitudes of the continental United States. That’s because the Milky Way now lies all the way around the horizon in a circle, and the North Galactic Pole […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, May 9, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China’s Tiangong space station continues to evolve, raising concerns that China’s dual-use civil/military People’s Liberation Army (PLA) controlled space program is covertly developing military capabilities for its space station. On Dec. 6, 2022, the Chinese publication “Spacecraft Engineering” noted that the Chinese space station could […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, May 9, 2023 Sky&Telescope The Full Moon rose in the east-southeast about 20 minutes after sunset on Friday, May 5. Venus remains at about the same height in the western twilight as it’s been for a few weeks. Meanwhile, Orion sinks away to Venus’s lower left. Wintry Sirius still twinkles low […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, May 2, 2023 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China is escalating its effort to bring a New Cold War divide to the moon by creating an organization with members, the International Lunar Research Station Cooperation Organization (ILRSCO), as part of the 2001 China-Russia International Lunar Research Station (ILRS). China’s goal is to trump […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, April 28, 2023 On April 28, the Moon, a day past first quarter, shines high toward the south-southwest after dark. On May 3, Arcturus shines high to the Moon’s upper left. and Vega, the Summer Star, the other zero-magnitude equal of Arcturus and Capella, twinkles low in the northeast at nightfall. The […]