Daily Space Report - January 11, 2026 - Rising Sunspots and Strong Aurora Potential
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RSS Feed Tonight's space report: 347 active sunspot regions; enhanced aurora chances; SpaceX Falcon 9 launch later today. 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.
0:03 Calorogus 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. Most of the night is moon free. Tonight, the thin crescent only rises just before sunrise, leaving hours of dark sky. Checking in on the Sun, Solar activity is picking up. Active regions on the Sun's surface are growing more complex, increasing the odds of sea class flares. Astronomers are watching these areas closely.
0:43 Because of this, there is a heightened chance of auroras, especially across higher latitudes. If you're in the northern US or Canada, check the northern horizon after dark. You might catch some faint green glow. Astronomers are tracking in asteroid twenty two twenty two O five, about the size of a car. We'll pass Earth in the next couple of days at a safe distance of one 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. This is peak Orion season. The constellation rides high in the south, with brilliant Serius following below. Look overhead for the Pleiades a small fuzzy patch that resolves into six or seven stars with good eyesight. That's the update for today.
1:31 The Sun, the planets, and our spacecraft continue their slow, steady motion above you. Let that thought carry you gently towards sleep.