April 23, 2026
Soft Light from Distant Suns — April 23, 2026
China Long March 2D 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 soruces.
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Calaruga Shark Media, Hello and welcome to Sleep from space.
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Solemn Privilege. Artemis two from Launch Complex thirty four. David's
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thoughts on Artemis two as experienced from Launch Complex thirty four.
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The Sun is putting on a show for solar observers.
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Lots of active sunspot regions right now, which means the
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chance of solar flares stays elevated. Aurora watchers in the
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far north might catch a faint glow on the horizon tonight.
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China has a long March two D on the pad
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at Chi Chang Satellite Launch Center People's Republic of China,
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set to fly tomorrow. The Moon is waxing gibbous, more
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than half lit and growing toward full. It sets late,
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giving only a brief window of dark skies after sunset.
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Venus blazes in the western sky after sunset. The brightest
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object in the night sky besides the Moon, Mercury, makes
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a rare appearance low on the horizon just after dusk.
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Asteroid flyby Alert twenty twenty two u U eight, about
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the size of a small building, passes about eight lunar
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distances from Earth tomorrow. These close approaches happen weekly astronomers
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track thousands of them. That's your space update, compiled by
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AI from NASA and Spaceflight News. The sky will be
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here when you wake.
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Sleep well,
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