May 17, 2026
The brightest planet Venus hangs in the west after sunset — May 17, 2026
China Long March 8 launches soon. Plus space news, moon phase, and tonight's sky.
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Calaroga Shark Media. Welcome to Space news and weather today.
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Here's something to think about. The Voyager I spacecraft, launched
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in nineteen seventy seven, is now over fifteen billion miles
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from Earth and still sending data back. The Moon is
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a slim crescent in the western sky after sunset, setting
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early and leaving dark skies for the rest of the night.
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A Northumbria University PhD student has led an international collaboration
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to construct the first three dimensional view of Uranus upper atmosphere,
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showing how the planet's unusual magnetic field sculpts bright auroras
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thousands of kilometers above its clouds. Follow the arc of
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the Big Dipper's handle and you'll arc to arcturis a
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golden orange star, impossible to miss. It's the fourth brightest
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star in the entire night sky. There is plenty of
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activity on the Sun right now. Multiple sun spot regions
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are crackling with energy, and solar flares could fire off
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at any time. Northern lights chances remain moderate tonight for
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viewers in Canada and the northernmost States. 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. A
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long March eighth rocket is set to launch later today
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from wein Chain Space launch site. People's Republic of China,
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China is behind this one. This is Space News and
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Weather Today, your AI curated guide to the cosmos. Sources
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include NASA and space news from around the world.
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