The Sun is putting on a show for solar observers. — July 21, 2026

0:03 Calaroga Shark Media. You're listening to 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. The Moon is nearly full and quite bright Tonight. Early evening is your best bet for stargazing before moonlight takes over look overhead for the summer triangle, three bright stars from three different constellations Vega, Denib, and altare This asterism dominates the summer sky. 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. 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. Heads up for asteroid fans. Twenty fifteen BF passes Earth in about five days, about seventeen lunar distances from Earth. It's comparable to a city bus, harmless but fun to track.

1:28 The smile spacecraft lifted off on a Vaga Sea Rocket from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana BST zero five fifty two CESST on nineteenth of 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. Space News and Weather Today uses AI to gather and narrate information from NASA and spaceflight news sources around the world.