July 8, 2026
Asteroid flyby alert: 2007 AA2, comparable to a large air... — July 08, 2026
Most of the night is Moon-free tonight. The thin crescent only rises just before sunrise, leaving hours of dark sky.
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Calaroga Shark Media. This is 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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Most of the night is moon free. Tonight, the thin
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crescent only rises just before sunrise, leaving hours of dark sky.
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Look overhead for the Summer triangle. Three bright stars from
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three different constellations Vega, Deneb, and altare This asterism dominates
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the summer sky. Asteroid Flyby Alert two thousand and seven
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AA two, comparable to a large aircraft, passes about seventeen
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lunar distances from Earth in the next couple of days.
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These close approaches happen weekly. Astronomers track thousands of them.
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NASA's space weather trackers also note a burst of solar
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material was seen on the northeast side of the Sun,
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moving at moderate speed. Coastal areas are experiencing spring tides
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right now, the highest highs and lowest lows of the month.
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The Sun and Moon are aligned, pulling together on Earth's oceans.
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A Falcon nine rocket is heading to space tomorrow. SpaceX
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launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Florida, sending up
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the Starlink Internet Satellites mission. The booster will attempt a
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drone ship landing in the Atlantic. That's your space update
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for today, compiled by AI from NASA and Spaceflight News.
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