Daily Space Report - December 15, 2025 - Rising Sunspots and Aurora Possible

0:03 Calaroga Shark Media. You're listening to sleep from space. Here is your quiet Space report. A short gentle update on the Sun, the auroras, and the sky above. Orion is rising in the east tonight. Trace an imaginary line through its belt stars downward to find serious the Dog Star, so bright it often twinkles with colors. The whole constellation will be high overhead by midnight. On the solar front, the Sun is getting more active right now. There are multiple sunspot groups visible with high magnetic complexity. This means we could see C class flares in the next day or so. 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 full dark, green and sometimes red curtains might dance overhead. Jupiter dominates the evening sky in the southeast after sunset, shining brilliantly as the brightest object besides the Moon.

1:13 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. Now to today's launch news. A Long March four SEA is set to lift off tomorrow from Taiuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China. China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation will use this mission to deploy details TBD and the mission will proceed to orbit. That's the update for today. The Sun, the planets, and our spacecraft continue their slow, steady motion above you. Let that thought carry you gently towards sleep.