May 19, 2026
The Cosmos Today — May 19, 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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Calorogus Shark Media. You're listening to Space news and weather today.
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Our tourist blazes overhead tonight an orange giant star about
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twenty five times larger than our sun. It's the bottom
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point of the kite shaped boots constellation. Quick solar update.
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The Sun is quite active, with numerous sunspot groups visible.
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That means a moderate chance of northern lights tonight for
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those in northern latitudes. Look north after dark if skies
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are clear. Venus dominates the western sky after sunset, while
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Saturn rises in the southeast after midnight. Its rings tilted
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beautifully for telescope viewing. SpaceX has a Falcon nine on
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the pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, set to
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fly tomorrow. The mission is called Starlink Internet Satellites. The
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booster will attempt to land back at Vandenberg something to ponder.
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Radio signals from Earth have been traveling through space for
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about one hundred years. Any civilization within one hundred light
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years could potentially detect us. The Moon is at first quarter,
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half lit and setting around midnight, perfect for evening observing,
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bright enough to see detail, dark enough later for deep
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sky objects. New observations of Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, reveal
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that its auroras share detailed structural similarities with auroras on Earth,
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suggesting that the physical processes that generate these lights may
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be universal across different types of celestial bodies. That's your
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space update for today, compiled by AI from NASA and
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