May 18, 2026
Half the Moon is lit tonight, and it'll set around midnight — May 18, 2026
Avio S.p.A Vega-C launches soon. Plus space news, moon phase, and tonight's sky.
Portions of the podcast are made with the assistance of AI which helps us gather informaton from the NASA and other sources.
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Calaroga Shark Media. You're listening to space news and weather today.
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Venus continues to dazzle in the evening twilight. Saturn becomes
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visible after midnight, offering a preview of the summer viewing
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season ahead. A Northumbria University PhD student has led an
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international collaboration to construct the first three dimensional view of
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Uranus upper atmosphere, showing how the planet's unusual magnetic field
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sculpts bright auroras thousands of kilometers above its clouds coastal areas.
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See minimal title range this week. These neap tides occur
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when the Sun and Moon work against each other. Follow
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the arc of the Big Dipper's handle and you'll arc
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to arcturists. A golden orange star impossible to miss. It's
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the fourth brightest star in the entire night sky. A
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Vegacy rocket is set to launch tomorrow from Guiana Space Center, French.
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Guiana AVOSPN is behind this one. Space is Strange. The
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Voyager one spacecraft, launched in nineteen seventy seven, is now
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over fifteen billion miles from Earth and still sending data
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back quicksolar update. The Sun is quite active, with numerous
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sunspot groups visible That means a moderate chance of northern
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lights tonight. For those in northern latitudes. Look north after
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dark if skies are clear. This episode was assembled using
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AI pulling from NASA and Spaceflight News sources. Thanks for listening.
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