…: New Details from Space

0:08 Space weather is brought to you with the help of AI. The planet parade continues. Saturn is well placed in the evening, and Jupiter rises earlier each night, both visible without a telescope. Most of the night is moon-free tonight. The thin crescent only rises just before sunrise, leaving hours of dark sky. A small space rock named 2018 RD2 makes a close approach today. It's roughly the length of a bus, passing about 19 lunar distances from Earth. Scientists will be watching. NASA's space weather trackers also note a burst of solar material was seen on the north side of the sun.

0:51 Roman lifts off on a mission to survey the infrared sky. NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, 1226 BST, 1326 CEST, on 30 August 2026. There is plenty of activity on the sun right now. Multiple sunspot regions are crackling with energy, and solar flares could fire off at any time. Northern Lights chances remain moderate tonight for viewers in Canada and the northernmost states. A Falcon 9 rocket is heading to space tomorrow. SpaceX launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, sending up the Starlink Internet Satellites mission. The booster will attempt to land back at Vandenberg.

1:44 That's your space update for today, compiled by AI from NASA and Spaceflight News. For the strange side of the skies, Search your podcast app for UFO sightings today. The daily briefing on UAPs, Pentagon disclosures, sightings, and alien news.