The Sun has been active lately, with several sunspot grou... — July 25, 2026

0:03 Calaroga Shark Media. Good morning. This is space news and weather Today. The ringed planet Saturn reaches peak visibility this month. Jupiter follows behind, rising around midnight and offering spectacular views before sunrise. Tonight's full moon rises at sunset and stays bright all night, washing out fainter stars but offering beautiful views of lunar craters and Maria. The iconic Summer Triangle rules the sky overhead. These three stars, Vega, Deneb, and altare are visible all night and serve as a guide to the fainter summer constellations. 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, aura chances are moderate for those in far northern latitudes. Tides are at their most extreme this week, as the Moon and Sun combine their gravitational pull. Coastal communities see their highest and lowest water levels. NASA's space weather trackers also note a burst of solar material was seen on the southeast side of the Sun, moving at moderate speed. NASA Maven mission scientists have uncovered a key puzzle piece in understanding certain types of auroras on Mars, finding that they

1:35 form in a similar way to Earth based auroras. Results published Thursday in Nature Communications show the same mechanism that circulates in catapults charged particles into Earth's atmosphere is happening at This episode was assembled using AI pulling from NASA and Spaceflight News sources. Thanks for listening.