The sky, May 11-18: The rise of Vega

The sky, May 11-18: The rise of Vega

Special to CosmicTribune.com, May 11, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. SUNDAY, MAY 11 ■ What is the oldest thing you have ever seen? For everyone in the world it’s at least the Sun and other objects of the solar system, age 4.6 billion years. (Virtually everything on or a little way under Earth’s surface is much younger.) Next […]

More ‘Mischief’ as China plans space launch center In Malaysia

More ‘Mischief’ as China plans space launch center In Malaysia

Special to CosmicTribune.com, May 7, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Thirty years ago in early 1995, Chinese paramilitary naval forces began a crucial phase in the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) objective to impose its control over the South China Sea, clearing the way to secure global hegemony and also, hegemony in space. In those early […]

The sky, May 3-11: Three stars bright

The sky, May 3-11: Three stars bright

Special to CosmicTribune.com, May 4, 2025 Excerpts from weekly Sky&Telescope report. SATURDAY, MAY 3 ■ Now the waxing Moon shines next to Mars. They’re only couple degrees apart. Meanwhile, Mars is less than 1° to the right of the Beehive star cluster, as binoculars or a telescope at low power will reveal. SUNDAY, MAY 4 ■ Mars skims […]

China’s future heavy space launch vehicle was clearly inspired by SpaceX Starship

China’s future heavy space launch vehicle was clearly inspired by SpaceX Starship

Special to CosmicTribune.com, April 20, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher April 24 was an active day for the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC); It successfully launched its 20th Shenzhou manned space capsule mission atop its 3.35-meter diameter Long March-3F space launch vehicle (SLV). New information that surfaced the same day affirmed that its […]

The sky, April 27 – May 4: Summer triangle appears in the East

The sky, April 27 – May 4: Summer triangle appears in the East

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. […]

Less than transparent China leaks manned Moon schedule

Less than transparent China leaks manned Moon schedule

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 […]

The sky, April 20-27: Arcturus is brightest star, high in the East

The sky, April 20-27: Arcturus is brightest star, high in the East

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 […]

Facing fiscal gravity, NASA weighs options for Mars sample return

Facing fiscal gravity, NASA weighs options for Mars sample return

Special to CosmicTribune.com, April 16, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In December 2017, President Donald Trump revived the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) manned mission to the Moon after it had been cancelled by President Barack Obama in 2010. Then, in his Jan. 20, 2025 inauguration speech, Trump lifted NASA’s goals higher by declaring, […]

CIA file goes viral, details alleged fate of Soviet soldiers’ clash with extraterrestrials

CIA file goes viral, details alleged fate of Soviet soldiers’ clash with extraterrestrials

Special to CosmicTribune.com, April 14, 2025 Soviet soldiers encountered a UFO and were reportedly turned into stone by the extraterrestrials, according to a declassified Cold War-era file from the CIA that has gone viral. The CIA acquired the KGB report following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. According to the CIA’s report, Soviet […]

The sky, April 13-20: Rise of Vega, the ‘Summer Star’

The sky, April 13-20: Rise of Vega, the ‘Summer Star’

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 […]

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