August 12 Eclipse and Perseids: A Rare Double Sky Show

0:03 Calarogus Shark Media. Space weather is brought to you with the help of AI. August headline Sky event arrives August twelfth. A total solar eclipse crosses Greenland, Iceland, and Spain, followed by the per sed meteor shower's peak on the night of August twelve, thirteen. The new moon leaves dark skies, with sixty eighty meteors per hour possible before dawn. Totality lasts up to two minutes eighteen seconds. Near Iceland use certified eclipse glasses. Saturn reaches opposition this month, its closest and brightest of the year. Jupiter rises earlier each night, dominating the late night sky. Maine ain't look west after sunset to catch the thin crescent moon. It'll set early, leaving the rest of the night nice and dark. The Sun has been active lately, with several sunspot groups dotting its surface. Solar flares are possible over the next day or two. For now, Aurora chances are moderate for those in far northern latitudes. A small space rock named twenty nineteen nine to n y two makes a close approach today.

1:25 It's several hundred feet across, passing about six lunar distances from Earth. Scientists will be watching launch coming up tomorrow along March seven A from Winchang Space launch Site, People's Republic of China operated by China. NASA's space weather trackers also note a burst of solar material was seen on the northeast side of the Sun, moving at moderate speed. This episode was assembled using AI pulling from NASA and Spaceflight News sources. Thanks for listening.