May 21, 2026

Space and Sky Highlights — May 21, 2026

Space and Sky Highlights — May 21, 2026
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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. Hello and welcome to Space News and

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Weather Today. Booties the Herdsman rises high tonight. Led by

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brilliant arcturists. This orange giant is only thirty seven light

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years away, practically a neighbour in cosmic terms. Rocket Launch

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Alert SpaceX is set to launch a Falcon nine later

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today from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, carrying the

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Starlink Internet Satellites mission. New observations of Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede,

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revealed that its auroras share detailed structural similarities with auroras

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on Earth, suggesting that the physical processes that generate these

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lights may be universal across different types of celestial bodies.

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The Moon is waxing gibbis, more than half lit and

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growing toward full. It sets late, giving only a brief

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window of dark skies after sunset. Here's something to think about.

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A full NASA spacesuit costs about twelve million dollars. The

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backpack and life support system account for most of that cost.

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The brightest planet, Venus, hangs in the west after sunset.

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For early risers. Saturn climbs the eastern sky in the

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pre dawn hours. The Sun is putting on a show

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for solar observers. Lots of active sunspot regions right now,

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which means the chance of solar flares stays elevated. Aurora

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watchers in the far North might catch a faint glow

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on the horizon tonight. Space News and Weather Today uses

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AI to gather and narrate information from NASA and spaceflight

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news sources around the world.