July 11, 2026
A beautiful crescent Moon hangs in the west this evening. — July 11, 2026
A beautiful crescent Moon hangs in the west this evening. Once it sets, the sky opens up for some great stargazing.
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Calarugus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Space news and weather. Today,
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the ringed planet Saturn reaches peak visibility this month. Jupiter
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follows behind, rising around midnight and offering spectacular views before sunrise.
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A beautiful crescent moon hangs in the west this evening.
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Once it sets, the sky opens up for some great stargazing.
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Three brilliant stars form the summer triangle overhead Vega, the
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brightest is only twenty five light years away. Deneb, though
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it looks similar, is actually two thou six hundred light
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years distant, vastly more luminous. NASA's space weather trackers also
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note a burst of solar material was seen on the
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northwest side of the Sun, moving at moderate speed. An
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asteroid called two thousand and seven AA two is passing
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by today. It's about the size of a jumbo jet,
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passing about seventeen lunar distances from Earth. No danger, just
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a cosmic neighbor dropping by. Quick solar update. The Sun
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is quite active, with numerous sunspot groups visible. That means
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a moderate chance of northern lights tonight for those in
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northern latitudes. Look north after dark if skies are clear.
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A falcon nine rocket is heading to space. In the
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next couple of days. SpaceX launches from Vandenberg Space four
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Space California, sending up the Starlink Internet Satellites mission. The
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booster will attempt to land back at Vandenburg. Today's report
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was compiled by AI from NASA Launch Library and Spaceflight News.
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See you tomorrow.
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