May 8, 2026
Night Sky Report — May 08, 2026
China Long March 7 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.
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Caalaroga Shark Media. Welcome to Space news and weather today.
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Look high in the east for arcturists. A brilliant orange
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star and the brightest in the northern sky. It anchors
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the kite shaped constellation boots the herdsman. Right now, Twelve
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humans are living in space aboard the International Space Station,
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Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chubb, and Tracy Caldwell Dyson among them.
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The station passes overhead several times a day if you
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know when to look. Launch coming up in the next
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couple of days along March seven from Wenchang Space Launch Site,
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People's Republic of China, China is sending up ninth cargo
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delivery mission to the Chinese Space Station. A slim crescent
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moon rises in the pre dawn hours, so tonight's skies
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stay dark all evening, perfect for stargazing. Here's something to
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think about. Radio signals from Earth have been traveling through
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space for about one hundred years. Any civilization within one
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hundred light years could potentially detect US. Quick solar update.
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The sun is quite active, with numerous sunspot groups visible.
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That means a moderate chance of northern lights tonight for
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those in northern latitudes, look north after dark if skies
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are clear. New observations of Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, reveal
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that its auroras share detailed structural similarities with auroras on Earth,
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suggesting that the physical processes that generate these lights may
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be universal across different types of celestial bodies. This is
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Space news and weather Today. Your AI curated guide to
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the cosmos include NASA and space news from around the world.
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