Dec. 13, 2025
Daily Space Report - December 13, 2025 - Rising Sunspots and Aurora Possible
Tonight's space report: 289 active sunspot regions; Rocket Lab Electron launch tomorrow; Tonight is peak Geminid night! This is often the year's strongest meteor shower. Calm narration to help you drift off to sleep.
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Caloroga Shark Media. You're listening to sleep from space. Here
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is your quiet space report, A short, gentle update on
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the Sun, the auroras, and the sky above. The evening
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sky features two gas giants. Jupiter rises in the east
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after sunset. You can't miss its brilliant white glow. Saturn
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is dimmer but unmistakable in the southwest setting a few
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hours after dark. A launch is coming up soon. A
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Electron is set to lift off tomorrow from rocket Lab
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Launch Complex one, Mahea Peninsula, New Zealand. Rocket Lab will
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use this mission to deploy satellites into orbit and using
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rocket Labs Electron rocket Let's look at solar activity. Sunspot
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activity continues to increase as we move deeper into solar
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cycle twenty. Several active regions on the Sun are showing
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high magnetic complexity, which raises the chance of sea class
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flares over the next twenty four hours. This solar activity
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brings a moderate chance for auroras tonight. If you live
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in the Northern States, step outside after sunset and look north.
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Even a minor geomagnetic storm can push the aurora oval
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farther south than usual. Look east after dark and find
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three stars in a neat row, Orion's famous belt. Above it,
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the red super giant Beetlejuice glows with a warm orange hue.
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This is one of winter's most recognizable sights. That's the
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update for today. The Sun, the planets, and our spacecraft
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continue their slow, steady motion above you. Let that thought
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carry you gently toward sleep.
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