On August 15, Mercury and Jupiter meet low in the: Why This Matters Tonight

0:03 Calorogus Shark Media. Space weather is brought to you with the help of AI. On August fifteenth, Mercury and Jupiter meet low in the eastern sky before sunrise. The bright planets come within thirty three arc minutes of each other near the Beehive cluster. Though twilight makes binoculars and a clear horizon especially useful. This is Saturn's best month. The ringed planet is visible all night, and at its brightest, Jupiter is not far behind, rising in the late evening. The Moon is growing brighter each night as it approaches full Tonight, it'll stay up late, so stargazing is best right after sunset. NASA's space weather trackers also note a burst of solar material was seen on the northeast side of the Sun. 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. Launch coming up in the next couple of days. A juk Thie from Jukwan's satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China, operated by Land space. The European Space Agency selects Ariani six to launch deep space cubeesat

1:35 the European Space Agency has awarded a contract to launch its Solar Storm Monitoring Cube SAT on an Ariani six rocket. This episode was assembled using AI pulling from NASA and Spaceflight News sources. Thanks for listening.