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 25S (#102) – Every Solstice, Everywhere, But Variable Times
TGT 12/17/25: All Things Solstice Related–Why the Times Are Never the Same Between Years; Sky-Lites–Mercury and Antares and the Moon; AEL–Solstice Streets; Exploring Big Data. - TGT #25Q – 100th Issue, Time for a Break to Celebrate! – Ocean Worlds But No Beaches – Comets, Meteors, and New Moon, Oh My – World Astronomy Events
TGT10/1/25: TJI–Moons with Oceans; TCA–Observe the Moon, World Space Week, 100 Hours of Astronomy; Sky-Lites–A Meteor Shower, and Two Possible Naked Eye Comets - TGT #25R (#101) – Recent Past, the Upcoming Present, the Future to Come
TGT 12/1/25: Sky-Lites: Geminid Meteor Shower, Mercury in the Dark Before Dawn, Giant Planets in the Evening; AEL: Alien Construction Companies?; Article: Exploration of the Universe with Big Data - TGT #25P – Cores of Worlds; Neil Armstrong Sites; Conjunctions and Opposition, Eclipse and Equinox; Moon Chips
TGT 9/16/25: TJI-Planet Cores Research; Sky-Lites–Moon, Regulus, Saturn, and Eclipse in Day, Saturn All Night; Travel–Armstrong’s German Roots; AEL–Moon Chips - 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.
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