July 21, 2026
The Sun is putting on a show for solar observers. — July 21, 2026
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 wat...
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Calaroga Shark Media. You're listening 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 Moon is nearly full and quite bright Tonight. Early
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evening is your best bet for stargazing before moonlight takes
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over look overhead for the summer triangle, three bright stars
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from three different constellations Vega, Denib, and altare This asterism
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dominates the summer sky. NASA's space weather trackers also note
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a burst of solar material was seen on the southwest
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side of the Sun, moving at moderate speed. The Sun
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is putting on a show for solar observers. Lots of
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active sunspot regions right now, which means the chance of
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solar flares stays elevated. Aurora watchers in the far north
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might catch a faint glow on the horizon tonight. Heads
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up for asteroid fans. Twenty fifteen BF passes Earth in
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about five days, about seventeen lunar distances from Earth. It's
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comparable to a city bus, harmless but fun to track.
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The smile spacecraft lifted off on a Vaga Sea Rocket
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from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana BST zero five fifty
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two CESST on nineteenth of May twenty twenty six. The
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launch marks the beginning of an ambitious mission to better
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understand solar storms, geomagnetic storms, and the science of space weather.
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