Aug. 13, 2026
On August 15, Mercury and Jupiter meet low in the: Why This Matters Tonight
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RSS Feed On August 15, Mercury and Jupiter meet low in the eastern sky before sunrise. The bright planets come within 33 arcminutes of each other, near the Beehive...
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Calarugus Shark Media. Space weather is brought to you with
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the help of AI. On August fifteenth, Mercury and Jupiter
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meet low in the eastern sky before sunrise. The bright
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planets come within thirty three arc minutes of each other
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near the Beehive cluster. Though twilight makes binoculars and a
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clear horizon especially useful. The pursed meteor shower peaks tonight,
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one of the year's best. Look northeast after midnight, both
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gas giants put on a show. Saturn is at its
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yearly best, while Jupiter grows brighter and rises earlier each evening.
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A small space rock named twenty thirteen QC eleven makes
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a close approach today. It's bigger than a sports stadium,
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passing about fourteen lunar distances from Earth. Scientists will be watching.
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There is plenty of activity on the Sun right now.
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Multiple sunspot regions are crackling with energy, and solar flares
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could fire off at any time. Northern lights chances remain
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moderate tonight for viewers in Canada and the northernmost States.
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NASA's space weather trackers also note a burst of solar
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material was seen on the northwest side of the Sun.
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The European Space Agency selects Ariane six to launch deep
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space CubeSat the European Space Agency has awarded a contract
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to launch its Solar Storm Monitoring Cube SAT on an
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Ariane six rocket. That's your space update for today, compiled
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by AI from NASA and Spaceflight News.
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