Dec. 15, 2025
Daily Space Report - December 15, 2025 - Rising Sunspots and Aurora Possible
Tonight's space report: 277 active sunspot regions; China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Long March 4C launch tomorrow; Geminid meteors are at their best tonight. Calm narration to help you drift off to sleep.
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Calaroga 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. Orion is
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rising in the east tonight. Trace an imaginary line through
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its belt stars downward to find serious the Dog Star,
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so bright it often twinkles with colors. The whole constellation
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will be high overhead by midnight. On the solar front,
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the Sun is getting more active right now. There are
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multiple sunspot groups visible with high magnetic complexity. This means
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we could see C class flares in the next day
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or so. The uptick in solar activity means auroras are
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more likely tonight, especially up north. If you're in Alaska, Canada,
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or the northern US. Look toward the northern horizon after
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it gets full dark, green and sometimes red curtains might
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dance overhead. Jupiter dominates the evening sky in the southeast
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after sunset, shining brilliantly as the brightest object besides the Moon.
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Saturn glows steadily to the southwest, a yellowish point of
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light that sets a few hours after dark. Both are
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perfect for telescope viewing this week. Now to today's launch news.
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A Long March four SEA is set to lift off
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tomorrow from Taiuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
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China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation will use this mission
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to deploy details TBD and the mission will proceed to orbit.
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That's the update for today. The Sun, the planets, and
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our spacecraft continue their slow, steady motion above you. Let
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that thought carry you gently towards sleep.
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