Quick solar update: the Sun is quite active, with numerou... — June 08, 2026

0:00 Welcome to space news and weather. Today. Venus and Jupiter come together in the sky tonight, the two brightest planets shining side by side. This stunning conjunction is easy to spot just look west after sunset, no telescope needed. High above the Arctic Circle on the rugged terrain of Andoya three, the European Space Agency radio navigation engineers take a rare moment to unwind with a game of shuffle board outside sheep Graze under the shimmering northern lights, a serene backdrop to their demanding mission test how navigation technologies withstand interference signals.

0:45 With one hundred tea byte of data collected over five days, their efforts promise to strengthen the reliability of satellite navigation for the benefit of us all Most of the night is moon free tonight, the thin crescent only rye just before sunrise, leaving hours of dark sky. NASA's space weather trackers also note bright, relatively narrow cme seen to the southeast in Soho Lasco C two C three and Stereo Acre two A, along with goes cc R one, likely associated with a far sighted eruption. Rocket Launch Alert. SpaceX is set to launch a Falcon nine later today from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, carrying the Starlink Internet Satellites mission. Quick solar update. The Sun is quite active with numerous sunspot groups visible. That means a moderate chance of northern lights tonight for those in northern latitudes. Look north after dark if skies are clear. Heads up for asteroid fans. Five three oh five two ROW twenty eleven LT seventeen passes Earth in about four days, about sixteen lunar distance from Earth. It's bigger than a sports stadium, harmless but fun to track. AI helped gather today's update from NASA and spaceflight news sources. The sky will be here when you wake