Space and Sky Highlights — May 21, 2026

0:03 Calaroga Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Space News and Weather Today. Booties the Herdsman rises high tonight. Led by brilliant arcturists. This orange giant is only thirty seven light years away, practically a neighbour in cosmic terms. 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. New observations of Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, revealed that its auroras share detailed structural similarities with auroras on Earth, suggesting that the physical processes that generate these lights may be universal across different types of celestial bodies.

0:57 The Moon is waxing gibbis, more than half lit and growing toward full. It sets late, giving only a brief window of dark skies after sunset. Here's something to think about. A full NASA spacesuit costs about twelve million dollars. The backpack and life support system account for most of that cost. The brightest planet, Venus, hangs in the west after sunset. For early risers. Saturn climbs the eastern sky in the pre dawn hours. The Sun is putting on a show for solar observers. Lots of active sunspot regions right now, which means the chance of solar flares stays elevated. Aurora watchers in the far North might catch a faint glow on the horizon tonight. Space News and Weather Today uses AI to gather and narrate information from NASA and spaceflight news sources around the world.