June 18, 2026
Heads up for asteroid fans: 2003 LN6 passes Earth today, ... — June 18, 2026
Heads up for asteroid fans: 2003 LN6 passes Earth today, roughly 3 times the Moon's distance. It's comparable to a large aircraft, harmless, but fun to track.
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Calarogus Shark Media. Good morning, This is space news and
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weather today. Saturn rises before midnight, now its famous rings
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visible through even small telescopes. Jupiter follows in the early
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morning hours, preparing for its summer appearance. Look for the
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half moon high in the sky this evening. After it
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sets around midnight, the sky turns nice and dark. The
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Scorpion rises in the south tonight and terries. The red
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heart of Scorpius is one of the largest stars visible
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to the naked eye, a red super giant seven hundred
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times wider than our sun. Quick solar update. The Sun
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is quite active, with numerous sunspot groups visible. That means
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a moderate chance of northern lights tonight. For those in
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northern latitudes. Look north at after dark. If skies are clear.
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Neap tides are in effect, the gentless tides of the month.
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With the Sun and Moon at right angles, their pulls
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partially cancel out. Heads up for asteroid fans. Two thousand
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and three l N six passes Earth today, roughly three
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times the Moon's distance. It's comparable to a large aircraft,
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harmless but fun to track. A Falcon nine rocket is
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set to launch tomorrow from Vandenberg Space Force, Space California
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SpaceX is behind this one. The booster will attempt to
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land back at Vandenburg, which when that's your space update
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for today, compiled by AI from NASA and Spaceflight News
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