July 10, 2026
Aurora Australis — July 10, 2026
Aurora Australis.
Portions of the podcast are made with the assistance of AI which helps us gather informaton from the NASA and other sources.
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Calaroga Shark Media. Good morning, This is Space news and
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weather today. Summer's best planet viewing is here. Saturn is
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up all night and Jupiter rises late evening. Both are
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perfect targets for telescopes and binoculars. Tonight is a new moon.
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The sky will be at its darkest head outside after
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nine PM for the best views of faint stars and galaxies.
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The Summer Triangle shines directly overhead tonight. Vega is the brightest.
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A blue white star in Lyra Denib marks the tale
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of Signus, the Swan and altair anchors Aquila, the Eagle
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Aurora Australis asteroid two thousand and seven AA two, roughly
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as long as a commercial airliner will fly past Earth
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today about seventeen lunar distances from Earth. Completely safe, but
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a nice reminder of our busy solar system. A Falcon
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nine rocket is heading to space Tomorrow. SpaceX launches from
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Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, sending up the Starlink Internet
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Satellites mission. The booster will attempt to land back at Vandenburg.
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NASA's space weather trackers also note a burst of solar
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material was seen on the northwest side of the Sun
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moving at moderate speed. AI helped gather today's update from
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NASA and Spaceflight News sources. The sky will be here
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when you wake
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