News from Across the Solar System — May 27, 2026

0:03 Calarogus Shark Media. Good morning, this is Space News and Weather Today. Launch coming up in the next couple of days. A Falcon nine from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. SpaceX is sending up Starlink Internet satellites Arcturists blazes overhead tonight, an orange giant star about twenty five times larger than our Sun. It's the bottom point of the kite shaped boots constellation. Coastal areas are experiencing spring tides right now, the highest highs and lowest lows of the month. The Sun and Moon are aligned, pulling together on Earth's oceans.

0:50 Fun fact, there are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on all of Earth's beaches, roughly ten sextillion stars. 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. New observations of Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, revealed that its auroras share detailed structural similarities with auroras on Earth, suggesting that the physical processes that generate these lights may be universal across different types of celestial bodies. Look west after dark, Venus shines like a beacon. Night owls can catch Saturn rising in the east around two AM, golden and steady among the stars. That's your space update for today, compiled by AI from NASA and Spaceflight News.