Asteroid flyby alert: 2003 LN6, roughly as long as a comm... — June 17, 2026

0:03 Caalaroga Shark Media. This is space news and weather today. Saturn rises before midnight now, its famous rings visible through even small telescopes. Jupiter follows in the early morning hours, preparing for its summer appearance. The Moon is at first quarter, half lit and setting around midnight, perfect for evening observing, bright enough to see detail, dark enough later for deep sky objects. Scorpius crawls above the southern horizon, its curved tail unmistakable. The red super giant Antares marks the scorpion's heart, a star so large it would engulf Mars if placed at our Sun's position. Ariana's Pace has an Ariane sixty four on the pad at Guiana Space Center, French Guiana to fly later today Asteroid fly by Alert two thousand and three l N six roughly as long as a commercial airliner passes roughly three times the Moon's distance tomorrow.

1:13 These close approaches happen weekly. Astronomers track thousands of them up on the International Space Station. Twelve people are orbiting Earth right now, including Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chubb, and Tracy Caldwell Dyson. Every ninety minutes, they circle the planet two hundred and fifty miles overhead. Quick solar update. The Sun is quite active, with numerous sunspot groups visible. That means a moderate chance of northern lights tonight for those in northern latitudes. Look north after dark if skies are clear. Space News and Weather Today uses AI to gather and narrate information from NASA and spaceflight news sources around on the world.