May 14, 2026
The Universe Made the News Today — May 14, 2026
CAS Space Kinetica 1 launch coming up. Plus space news and stargazing.
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Caloroga Shark Media. Hello, and welcome to Space News and
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Weather Today. Booties. The Herdsman rises high tonight, led by
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brilliant arcturists. This orange giant is only thirty seven light
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years away, practically a neighbor in cosmic terms. The slender
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crescent Moon graces the evening sky briefly before setting. Dark
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skies follow for most of the night. Here's something to
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think about. Astronauts grow up to two inches taller in
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space because their spines elongate without gravity compressing them. New
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observations of Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, reveal that its auroras
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share detailed structural similarities with auroras on Earth, suggesting that
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the physical processes that generate these lights may be universal
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across different types of celestial bodies. Venus dominates the western
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sky after sunset, while Saturn rises in the southeast after midnight,
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its rings tilted beautifully for telescope viewing. A Connecticut one
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rocket is set to launch tomorrow from Jukwan's Satellite Launch Center.
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People's Republic of China KS Space is behind this one.
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There is plenty of activity on the Sun right now.
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Multiple sunspot regions are crackling with energy, and solar flares
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could fire off at any time. Northern lights chances remain
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moderate tonight for viewers in Canada and the northernmost States.
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This is space news and weather Today, your AI curated
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guide to the Cosmos. Sources include NASA and space news
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from around the world.
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