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 #25O – What to Do With the September 7th Total Lunar Eclipse — Three Violent Universe Events — Pasta Moons
TGT 9/1/25: This Just In–Violent Universe; Sky-Lites+TCA–Measuring Moon’s Distance During a Lunar Eclipse (With a Distant Friend); Good Times Coming to View Saturn and Uranus; AEL–Half Moon Pastas - TGT #25N – Our Neighbors, Paired Up; and The Two Nearest Planetary Systems – Crowded Sky–Three Planets and Moon Lined Up
TGT 8/17/25: This Just In–Many Neighboring Stars are Paired Up; The Proxima and Barnard Star Systems; Sky-Lites–Find Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and the Moon in the Dawn the Easy Ways. - TGT #25M – Who’s Throwing Rocks at the Solar System?? Part 2 – Meteors and Multiple Conjunctions on the Same Day
TGT 8/1/25: Sky-Lites: Big Day Aug. 12th–Three Events to Observe; Finding Meteor Radiants; This Just In: Lunar Graveyards Needed??; Finding Debris from Other Space Civilizations; AEL: Cosmic Veggies. - TGT #25L – Who’s Throwing Rocks at the Solar System?? – Quiet Sky But Not For Long – Star Names But Not On Stars
TGT 7/16/25: AEL–Stars for a Journey; SPC–A Meteor Shower Within a Moonless Night, Jupiter Returns, Mars and Mercury Are Set to Go; TJI–Space Rocks, Debris, Hitting Everywhere! - TGT #25K – 2 Million Stars Lead Us To A Better Milky Way – Outer Planets Pair with Brighter Ones
TGT 7/1/25: This Just In: Gaia and the Milky Way Galaxy; Sky Planning Calendar: Finding Uranus and Neptune the Easy Way. - TGT #25J – Calendar Summary Debuts – Book Preview – An Ice-Cold Jupiter
TGT 6/16/25: SPC: Moon, Mercury, Mars and Stars Variously Align-Saturn Hangs with Neptune-New SPC Summary Calendar!; L A U N S Preview; TJI: A Cold and Windy Jupiter in Hercules.
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