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.
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Calorogus Shark Media. You're listening to space news and weather
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today our tourists blazes overhead tonight, an orange giant star
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about twenty five times larger than our Sun. It's the
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bottom point 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.
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New observations of Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, reveal that its
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auroras share detailed structural similarities with auroras on Earth, suggesting
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that the physical processes that generate these lights may be
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universal across different types of celestial bodies. Launch coming up
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in the next couple of days, along March seven from
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wind Chang Space Launch Site. People's Republic of China, China
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is sending up ninth cargo delivery mission to the Chinese
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Space Station. Today's report was compiled by AI from NASA
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Launch Library and Spaceflight News.
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See you tomorrow, m
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