The Sun is putting on a show for solar observers. — July 15, 2026

0:03 Calaruga Shark Media. 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 Moon is a slim crescent in the western sky after sunset, setting early and leaving dark skies for the rest of the night. Look overhead for the summer triangle three bright stars from three different constellations, Vega, Deneb, and Altaire. This asterism dominates the summer sky. The Smile spacecraft lifted off on a Vaga Sya rocket from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana Bst.

0:52 Five point fifty two CEST 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. 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. Launch coming up in the next couple of days a Falcon nine from Vandenberg Space for Space California, operated by SpaceX. NASA's space weather trackers also note a burst of solar material was seen on the southwest side of the Sun, moving at moderate speed. Today's report was compiled by AI from NASA Launch Library and Spaceflight News.

1:53 See you tomorrow.