May 15, 2026
Space Headlines Today — May 15, 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. A beautiful crescent moon hangs in the west
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this evening. Once it sets, the sky opens up for
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some great stargazing. 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. A Falcon nine rocket is set
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to launch tomorrow from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
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SpaceX is behind this one. The booster will attempt a
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drone ship landing in the Atlantic. New observations of Jupiter's
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largest moon, Ganymede, revealed that its auroras share detailed structural
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stars similarities with auroras on Earth, suggesting that the physical
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processes that generate these lights may be universal across different
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types of celestial bodies. Look high in the east for Arcturus,
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a brilliant orange star and the brightest in the northern sky.
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It anchors the kite shaped constellation boutes the Herdsman. The
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brightest planet, Venus, hangs in the west after sunset. For
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early risers, Saturn climbs the eastern sky in the pre
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dawn hours. Something to ponder, one million earths could fit
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inside the Sun, which contains ninety nine point eighty six
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percent of all the mass in our solar system. AI
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helped gather today's update from NASA and spaceflight News sources.
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