The Sun is putting on a show for solar observers. — July 01, 2026

0:03 Calarogu Shark Media. Good morning. This is 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 waning Moon takes its time rising tonight. Enjoy dark skies early, then watch the bright moon appear later. 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 six hundred light years distant, vastly more luminous.

0:50 A small space rock named five two three eighth eight two thousand seven m L twenty four makes a close approach in about three days. It's nearly half a mile wide, passing about nine lunar distances from Earth. Scientists will be watching Aurora Australis launch coming up later today, a Pegasus Excel from air launch to orbit operated by Northrop Grumm and Space Systems. The Sun is putting on a show for solar observers. Lots of active sunspot regions right now, which means the chance of solar flares stays elevated. Aurora watchers in the far north might catch a faint glow on the horizon tonight. This episode was assembled using AI pulling from NASA and Spaceflight News sources. Thanks for listening.