Space Headlines Today — May 15, 2026
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Portions of the podcast are made with the assistance of AI which helps us gather informaton from the NASA and other sources.
0:03 Calaroga Shark Media. Good morning, This is Space news and weather today. A beautiful crescent moon hangs in the west this evening. Once it sets, the sky opens up for some great stargazing. 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. A Falcon nine rocket is set to launch tomorrow from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
0:45 SpaceX is behind this one. The booster will attempt a drone ship landing in the Atlantic. New observations of Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, revealed that its auroras share detailed structural stars similarities with auroras on Earth, suggesting that the physical processes that generate these lights may be universal across different types of celestial bodies. Look high in the east for Arcturus, a brilliant orange star and the brightest in the northern sky. It anchors the kite shaped constellation boutes the Herdsman. The brightest planet, Venus, hangs in the west after sunset. For early risers, Saturn climbs the eastern sky in the pre dawn hours. Something to ponder, one million earths could fit inside the Sun, which contains ninety nine point eighty six percent of all the mass in our solar system. AI helped gather today's update from NASA and spaceflight News sources.
1:53 The sky will be here when you wake