May 16, 2026
News from Across the Solar System — May 16, 2026
China Long March 8 launch coming up. Plus space news and stargazing.
Portions of the podcast are made with the assistance of AI which helps us gather informaton from the NASA and other sources.
WEBVTT
1
00:00:03.160 --> 00:00:11.000
Calaroga Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Space News and
2
00:00:11.039 --> 00:00:17.359
Weather Today. A bit of cosmic perspective. The International Space
3
00:00:17.399 --> 00:00:20.359
Station travels at seventeen toy five hundred miles per hour,
4
00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:26.359
completing in orbit every ninety minutes. A long March eight
5
00:00:26.519 --> 00:00:30.280
rocket is set to launch tomorrow from Winchang Space Launch site.
6
00:00:30.559 --> 00:00:36.719
People's Republic of China, China, is behind this one. Venus
7
00:00:36.759 --> 00:00:40.759
dominates the western sky after sunset, while Saturn rises in
8
00:00:40.799 --> 00:00:45.640
the southeast after midnight, its rings tilted beautifully for telescope viewing.
9
00:00:47.880 --> 00:00:51.840
Our tourist blazes overhead tonight, an orange giant star about
10
00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:55.200
twenty five times larger than our sun. It's the bottom
11
00:00:55.280 --> 00:01:01.359
point of the kite shaped boots constellation. Crescent Moon graces
12
00:01:01.399 --> 00:01:05.359
the evening sky briefly before setting. Dark skies follow for
13
00:01:05.439 --> 00:01:10.079
most of the night. Right now, twelve humans are living
14
00:01:10.120 --> 00:01:15.319
in space aboard the International Space Station, Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chubb,
15
00:01:15.879 --> 00:01:20.280
and Tracy Caldwell Dyson among them. The station passes overhead
16
00:01:20.319 --> 00:01:22.280
several times a day if you know when to look.
17
00:01:24.519 --> 00:01:28.799
New observations of Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, reveal that its
18
00:01:28.840 --> 00:01:34.200
auroras share detailed structural similarities with auroras on Earth, suggesting
19
00:01:34.239 --> 00:01:37.439
that the physical processes that generate these lights may be
20
00:01:37.719 --> 00:01:44.719
universal across different types of celestial bodies. AI helped gather
21
00:01:44.799 --> 00:01:49.719
today's update from NASA and Spaceflight News sources. The sky
22
00:01:49.920 --> 00:01:51.079
will be here when you wake
1
00:00:03.160 --> 00:00:11.000
2
00:00:11.039 --> 00:00:17.359
3
00:00:17.399 --> 00:00:20.359
4
00:00:20.800 --> 00:00:26.359
5
00:00:26.519 --> 00:00:30.280
6
00:00:30.559 --> 00:00:36.719
7
00:00:36.759 --> 00:00:40.759
8
00:00:40.799 --> 00:00:45.640
9
00:00:47.880 --> 00:00:51.840
10
00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:55.200
11
00:00:55.280 --> 00:01:01.359
12
00:01:01.399 --> 00:01:05.359
13
00:01:05.439 --> 00:01:10.079
14
00:01:10.120 --> 00:01:15.319
15
00:01:15.879 --> 00:01:20.280
16
00:01:20.319 --> 00:01:22.280
17
00:01:24.519 --> 00:01:28.799
18
00:01:28.840 --> 00:01:34.200
19
00:01:34.239 --> 00:01:37.439
20
00:01:37.719 --> 00:01:44.719
21
00:01:44.799 --> 00:01:49.719
22
00:01:49.920 --> 00:01:51.079
