May 9, 2026
Space News: What You Need to Know — May 09, 2026
China Long March 7 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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Calarugushark Media. You're listening to space news and weather today.
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Arcturis blazes overhead tonight, an orange giant star about twenty
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five times larger than our Sun. It's the bottom point
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of the kite shaped Boots constellation. The brightest planet, Venus,
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hangs in the west after sunset. For early risers, Saturn
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climbs the eastern sky in the pre dawn hours. Quick
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solar update. The Sun is quite active, with numerous sunspot
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groups visible. That means a moderate chance of northern lights tonight.
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For those in northern latitudes, look north after dark if
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skies are clear. The fading crescent Moon won't appear until
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early morning, giving you dark skies all night long. Something
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to ponder. The Milky Way galaxy is on a collision
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course with the Andromeda Galaxy. They'll merge in about four
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point five billion years. New observations of Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede,
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reveal 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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Launch coming up in the next couple of days, along
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March seven from Wenchang Space launch Site. People's Republic of China.
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China is sending up ninth cargo delivery mission to the
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Chinese Space Station. Today's report was compiled by AI from
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NASA Launch Library and Spaceflight News. See you tomorrow.
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