Saturn and Its Rings Visible Tonight — May 20, 2026

0:03 Calaroga Shark Media. This is Space news and weather today. The Sun has been active lately, with several sunspot groups dotting its surface. Solar flares are possible over the next day or two. For now, aurora chances are moderate for those in far northern latitudes. There are currently twelve astronauts aboard the International Space Station, including Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chubb, and Tracy Caldwell Dyson. They are traveling at over seventeen thousand miles per hour, watching sixteen sunrises every day. The moon is waxing gibbous, more than half lit and growing toward full. It sets late, giving only a brief window of dark skies after sunset. Follow the arc of the Big Dipper's handle and you'll arc to our tourists a golden orange star, impossible to miss. It's the fourth brightest star in the entire night sky. Venus continues to dazzle in the evening twilight. Saturn becomes visible after midnight, offering a preview of the summer viewing season ahead. New observations of Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, reveal that its auroras share detailed structural similarities with auroras on Earth, suggesting that the physical processes that generate these lights may be universal across

1:35 different types of celestial bodies. A Falcon nine rocket is heading to space. Tomorrow. SpaceX launches from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, sending up the Starlink Internet Satellites mission. The booster will attempt a drone ship landing in the Atlantic. This episode was assembled using AI pulling from NASA and s BaseFlight News sources. Thanks for listening.