Jan. 4, 2026
Daily Space Report - January 04, 2026 - Rising Sunspots and Aurora Possible
Tonight's space report: 340 active sunspot regions; SpaceX Falcon 9 launch on January 08; Tonight is peak Quadrantid night. Calm narration to help you drift off to sleep.
Portions of the podcast are made with the assistance of AI which helps us gather informaton from the NASA and other soruces.
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Calarogus 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. And here's
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a look ahead at the sky. Tonight is peak quadranted night.
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Bundle up and face northeast after midnight you might catch
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a meteor streaking across the sky. Two planets worth watching
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this month. Jupiter commands the evening sky, while Mars climbs
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higher each night, growing brighter as it approaches opposition in
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the coming weeks. Checking in on the Sun, Solar activity
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is picking up. Active regions on the Sun's surface are
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growing more complex, increasing the odds of sea class flares.
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Astronomers are watching these areas closely. Because of this, there
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is a moderate chance of aurora, especially across higher latitudes.
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If you're in the northern US or Canada, check the
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northern horizon after dark. You might catch some faint green glow.
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A space rock is passing by Earth twenty twenty five
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Yu six, about the size of a house. We'll pass
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Earth in about seven days at a safe distance of
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four point one times the distance to the Moon, completely harmless,
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but these flybys keep astronomers busy tracking our cosmic neighbors.
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That's today's space Report. As you rest tonight, remember that
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Earth moves quietly through space, wrapped in its protective magnetic field,
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while rockets launch and distant worlds wait to be explored.
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Sleep well,
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