The Sun has been active lately, with several sunspot grou... — July 22, 2026

0:03 Calaruga Shark Media. Welcome to space news and weather today. Both Saturn and Jupiter grace the night sky. Saturn is up most of the night, while Jupiter rises in the late evening and shines brilliantly by dawn. The Moon is waxing gibbous, more than half lit and growing toward full. It sets late, giving only a brief window of dark skies. After sunset. Three brilliant stars form the summer triangle overhead Vega, the brightest, is only twenty five light years away. Deneb, though it looks similar, is actually two thy six hundred light years distant, vastly more luminous. Launch coming up tomorrow, A long March three bee from Sheichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China, operated by China, A small space rock name twenty fifteen BF, makes a close approach in about four days. It's roughly the length of a bus, passing about seventeen lunar distances from Earth. Scientists will be watching.

1:17 The Sun has been active lately, with several sunspot groups dotting its surface. Solar flares are possible over the next day or two. For now Aurora chances are moderate for those in far northern latitudes. The Smile spacecraft lifted off on a Vagacy rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana BST is five point fifty two CESST on nineteenth May twenty twenty six. The launch marks the beginning of an ambitious mission to better understand solar storms, geomagnetic storms, and the science of space weather. Space News and Weather Today uses AI to gather and narrate information from NASA and Space Last Flight news sources around the world.