The Inbox Magazine on Astronomy News, Sky Events, and Astronomy in Everyday Life
A twice-monthly newsletter that began May 2021, and that:
* brings the most interesting news stories (This Just In) which connect to the current night sky,
* contains a textual and visual two-week Sky Planning Calendar, using the Moon’s wanderings to find the planets and other objects, notes on the Planets and events,
* our astronomical horoscope musings, Border Crossings,
* Observing — Plan-et covers the Solar System happenings in the sky,
* For the Future–upcoming events you should be aware of,
* and the quirky findings of Astronomy in Everyday Life.
The Galactic Times also offers other occasional features and articles including travel stories with an astronomical bent, software information, and other things…the universe is vast…..
Many stories come from the latest news in world astronomy conferences and journals. All the stories are authoritatively written by astronomer, journalist and educator Dr. Larry Krumenaker.
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The Latest Six Issues: (click here to go to All Posts)
- TGT #25H – Willy Ley – Atlanta’s Future Spaceport? – The Palest Saturn – Eta Aquarids, and More
TGT 5/1/25: Astronomy in Real Life–An Airport Near Planet Names; This Just In–Famous Lost Ashes That Need to Go to Space; Sky Planning Calendar–Saturn Without Rings or Shadows, Aquarid Meteors. - TGT #25G – The Moon Dances with Four Worlds – Lyrids Peak in Reasonably Dark Skies – Cosmic Jewelry
TGT 4/16/25: Astronomy in Everyday Life (Rich Person’s Edition)–Astro Jewelry for Not-the-Masses; Sky Gazing Calendar–Four Conjunctions of Moon and Planets; The Year’s First* Meteor Shower. - TGT #25F – Brown Dwarfs and X-rays and Triplets, Oh My!
TGT 4/1/25: This Just In–News About Brown Dwarf Stars and Archaeology of a Dead Star, A Hail and Farewell; Sky Gazing Calendar–A Time With No Moon and Planets, A Fast Re-emergence of Three Planets. - TGT #25E – A Partially Shy Sun – Venus in the Evening AND Morning – A Constellation in Georgia – No Rings, Many Moons
TGT 3/16/25: SPC–Evening Sky Loses 3 Planets, But Venus is in the Evening AND Morning; A Partial Solar Eclipse; Astronomy in Everyday Life–Georgia on my…Universe?; TJI-Saturn, + Moons, – Rings. - TGT #25D – NEO Resources – Planets Come and Go – The Moon’s Tilted Orbit – A Total Lunar Eclipse to View and Teach With
TGT 3/1/25: TJI–What’s the Deal with 2024 YR4’s Crashing to Earth?; SPC–Mercury Almost Meets Venus Before BothVanish, Jupiter Helps Show Moon’s Orbital Tilt; TCA–3/14 Lunar Eclipse; AEL–Physics! - TGT #25C – The Star Cluster the Sun is In – Astronomical Teachniques – Finding the Ecliptic
TGT 2/15/25: Sky Planning Calendar: Using the Planets to Find the Sun’s Sky Path; TCA: Three Kinds of Demonstrations for Astronomy Education; This Just In: The Ursa Major Group
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Looking for The Galactic Times Podcast? It has ceased broadcasting, regrettably, but you can still hear its ten intriguing episodes on the legacy pages in the menu at the top of the page!