May 29, 2026
Saturn and Its Rings Visible Tonight — May 29, 2026
SpaceX Falcon 9 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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Calaroga Shark Media. Good morning, This is Space News and
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weather today. Look west. After dark, Venus shines like a beacon.
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Night owls can catch Saturn rising in the east around
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two AM. Golden and steady among the stars. Look high
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in the east for our tourists. A brilliant orange star
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and the brightest in the northern sky. It anchors the
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kite shaped constellation boots the Herdsman Rocket Launch Alert. SpaceX
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is set to launch a Falcon nine later today from
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Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, carrying the Starlink Internet
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Satellites mission. A bit of cosmic perspective, neutron stars are
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so dense that a teaspoon of their material would weigh
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about six billion tons on Earth. New observations of Jupiter's
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largest moon, Ganymede, revealed that its auroras share detailed structural
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similarities with auroras on Earth, suggesting that the physical processes
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that generate these lights may be universal across different types
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of celestial bodies. The moon is waning gibbous, rising a
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bit later each night. Early evening offers good dark sky
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time before moonrise. The Sun has been active lately, with
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several sunspot groups dotting its surface. Solar flares are possible
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over the next day or two. For now, Aurora chances
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are moderate. For those ever orindaus in far northern latitudes,
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that's your space update for today, compiled by AI from
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NASA and Spaceflight News.
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