The Moon passes near the Pleiades tonight

0:03 Caloroga Shark Media. Space weather is brought to you with the help of AI. The moon passes near the Pleiades tonight. Binoculars will reveal the small cluster of stars around the moon, though the bright lunar light will hide some of its fainter members. A slim crescent moon rises in the pre-dawn hours, so tonight's skies stay dark all evening, perfect for stargazing. Right now, 12 humans are living in space aboard the International Space Station. Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chubb, and Tracy Caldwell Dyson among them. The station passes overhead several times a day if you know when to look. Launch coming up tomorrow.

0:49 A Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. SpaceX is sending up astronauts to orbit. Quick solar update. The sun is quite active, with numerous sunspot groups visible. That means a moderate chance of northern lights tonight for those in northern latitudes. Look north after dark if skies are clear. Successful Earth flyby improves JUICE's course to Jupiter. The European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer skimmed the very outer edge of Earth's atmosphere on 28th September, using the gravity of our home planet to alter its route to Jupiter using very little fuel. An asteroid called 2018 SP2 is passing by today It's comparable to a large aircraft passing about five lunar distances from Earth. No danger, just a cosmic neighbor dropping by. Space News and Weather Today uses AI to gather and narrate information from NASA and spaceflight news sources around the world. For the strange side of the sky, search your podcast app for UFO sightings today, the daily briefing on UAPs, Pentagon disclosures, sightings, and alien news.