July 6, 2026

The Sun is putting on a show for solar observers. — July 06, 2026

The Sun is putting on a show for solar observers. — July 06, 2026

Aurora Australis. The fading crescent Moon won't appear until early morning, giving you dark skies all night long.

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Calaruga Shark Media. Welcome to space news and weather today.

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The ringed planet Saturn reaches peak visibility this month. Jupiter

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follows behind, rising around midnight and offering spectacular views before sunrise.

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The fading crescent Moon won't appear until early morning, giving

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you dark skies all night long. Look overhead for the

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summer triangle. Three bright stars from three different constellations Vega, Deneb,

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and altare This asterism dominates the summer sky. SpaceX has

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a Falcon nine on the pad at Vandenberg Space Fource Base, California,

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set to fly tomorrow. The booster will attempt to land

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back at Vandenburg. Aurora australis, a small space rock named

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two thousand seven AA two makes a close approach in

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about four days. It's comparable to a large aircraft, passing

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about seventeen lunar distances from Earth. Scientists will be watching

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the sun is putting on a show for solar observers.

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Lots of active sunspot regions right now, which means the

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chance of solar flares stays elevated. Aurora watchers in the

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far north might catch a faint glow on the horizon tonight.

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