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Aug. 9, 2026

August 12 Eclipse and Perseids: A Rare Double Sky Show

August 12 Eclipse and Perseids: A Rare Double Sky Show
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A total solar eclipse crosses Greenland, Iceland, and Spain on August 12, followed by the Perseids under dark, moon-free skies.

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Calarogus Shark Media. Space weather is brought to you with

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the help of AI. August headline Sky event arrives August twelfth.

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A total solar eclipse crosses Greenland, Iceland, and Spain, followed

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by the per sed meteor shower's peak on the night

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of August twelve, thirteen. The new moon leaves dark skies,

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with sixty eighty meteors per hour possible before dawn. Totality

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lasts up to two minutes eighteen seconds. Near Iceland use

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certified eclipse glasses. Saturn reaches opposition this month, its closest

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and brightest of the year. Jupiter rises earlier each night,

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dominating the late night sky. Maine ain't look west after

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sunset to catch the thin crescent moon. It'll set early,

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leaving the rest of the night nice and dark. The

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Sun has been active lately, with several sunspot groups dotting

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its surface. Solar flares are possible over the next day

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or two. For now, Aurora chances are moderate for those

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in far northern latitudes. A small space rock named twenty

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nineteen nine to n y two makes a close approach today.

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It's several hundred feet across, passing about six lunar distances

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from Earth. Scientists will be watching launch coming up tomorrow

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along March seven A from Winchang Space launch Site, People's

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Republic of China operated by China. NASA's space weather trackers

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also note a burst of solar material was seen on

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the northeast side of the Sun, moving at moderate speed.

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This episode was assembled using AI pulling from NASA and

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Spaceflight News sources. Thanks for listening.