May 26, 2026
Cosmic Events Today — May 26, 2026
SpaceX Falcon 9 launch coming up. Plus space news and stargazing.
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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Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Space News and
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Weather Today. Something to ponder. The Great Red Spot on
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Jupiter is a storm that has been raging for at
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least four hundred years and is larger than Earth. Arcturist
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blazes overhead tonight, an orange giant star about twenty five
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times larger than our Sun. It's the bottom point of
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the kite shaped Boots constellation. The brightest planet, Venus, hangs
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in the west after sunset for early risers. Saturn climbs
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the eastern sky in the pre dawn hours. Quick solar update.
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The Sun is quite active, with numerous sunspot groups visible.
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That means a moderate chance of northern lights tonight. For
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those in northern latitudes. Look north after dark if skies
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are clear. New observations of Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, revealed
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that its auroras share detailed structural similarities with auroras on Earth,
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suggesting that the physical processes that generate these lights may
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be universal across different types of celestial bodies. The full
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Moon dominates the sky tonight. It's not ideal for stargazing,
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but take a moment to admire the Moon's bright surface
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through binoculars launch coming up later today. A Falcon nine
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from Vandenberg Space Force Space California SpaceX is sending up
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Starlink Internet satellites. AI helped gather today's update from NASA
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and Spaceflight News sources. The sky will be here when
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