Cosmic Events Today — May 26, 2026

0:03 Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Space News and Weather Today. Something to ponder. The Great Red Spot on Jupiter is a storm that has been raging for at least four hundred years and is larger than Earth. Arcturist blazes overhead tonight, an orange giant star about twenty five times larger than our Sun. It's the bottom point of the kite shaped Boots constellation. The brightest planet, Venus, hangs in the west after sunset for early risers. Saturn climbs the eastern sky in the pre dawn hours. Quick solar update.

0:48 The Sun is quite active, with numerous sunspot groups visible. That means a moderate chance of northern lights tonight. For those in northern latitudes. Look north after dark if skies are clear. New observations of Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, revealed that its auroras share detailed structural similarities with auroras on Earth, suggesting that the physical processes that generate these lights may be universal across different types of celestial bodies. The full Moon dominates the sky tonight. It's not ideal for stargazing, but take a moment to admire the Moon's bright surface through binoculars launch coming up later today. A Falcon nine from Vandenberg Space Force Space California SpaceX is sending up Starlink Internet satellites. AI helped gather today's update from NASA and Spaceflight News sources. The sky will be here when you wake