Daily Space Report - December 10, 2025 - Rising Sunspots and Aurora Possible

0:03 Calarogu Shark Media. Welcome to Sleep from Space. This is your daily space report. Close your eyes if you'd like, and let's drift through today's space weather and sky events. First the space weather, the Sun's current cycle is ramping up, and we're seeing more sun spots than usual. These active zones have high magnetic complexity, making M class flares more likely in the coming hours. The uptick in solar activity means auroras are more likely tonight, especially up north. If you're in Alaska, Canada, or the northern US, look toward the northern horizon after it gets fully dark, green and sometimes red curtains might dance overhead. Astronomers are tracking an asteroid twenty nineteen x three, about the size of a house, will pass Earth today at a safe distance of five point seven times the distance to the Moon. It's perfectly safe, just a close cosmic encounter that reminds us we're not alone out here. If you look up tonight, Orion, the hunter is climbing in the eastern sky after sunset. Look for three bright stars in a row. That's Ryan's Belt.

1:22 Follow the belt downward and you'll find serious, the brightest star in the night sky. Shining with a blue white brilliance low on the horizon. For planet watchers, Jupiter dominates the evening sky in the southeast after sunset, shining brilliantly as the brightest object besides the Moon. Saturn glows steadily to the southwest, a yellowish point of light that sets a few hours after dark. Both are perfect for telescope viewing this week. That's the update for today. The Sun, the planets, and our space crew have to continue their slow, steady motion above you. Let that thought carry you gently towards sleep.