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, 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 […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, September 6, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Sky & Telescope.com report. Sunday, September 6 The waning crescent Moon lies in Gemini today, not far from the 3rd-magnitude star Epsilon (ε) Geminorum, roughly around where western twin Castor’s knee would be. Mars is also in Gemini, closer to the midsection of the eastern twin, Pollux. […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 30, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Sky & Telescope.com report. SUNDAY, AUGUST 30 ■ The waning gibbous Moon rises in the east in late twilight. Saturn follows it up about 30 minutes later. Another hour and they’re nicely high free and clear. Although they look close together (about 5°), Saturn is currently 3,400 […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, August 23, 2026 Excerpts from weekly Sky & Telescope.com report. SUNDAY, AUGUST 23 ■ Late these evenings as autumn approaches, Fomalhaut, the Autumn Star, makes its inevitable appearance above the southeast horizon. Its rising time will depend on where you live. But by about 11 p.m. now, you should have no trouble identifying […]
