May 6, 2026
The Universe Made the News Today — May 06, 2026
China Long March 7 launch coming up. Plus space news and stargazing.
Portions of the podcast are made with the assistance of AI which helps us gather informaton from the NASA and other sources.
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Calarogashark Media. Good morning. This is Space news and weather today.
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Something to ponder. The Sun loses about four million tons
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of mass every second as it converts hydrogen to helium
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through fusion. Venus continues to dazzle in the evening twilight.
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Saturn becomes visible after midnight, offering a preview of the
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summer viewing season ahead our tourists. Blazes overhead tonight, an
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orange giant star about twenty five times larger than our Sun.
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It's the bottom point of the kite shaped Booties constellation.
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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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The moon is a thin crescent rising before dawn, leaving
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most of the night beautifully dark for stargazing. New observations
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of Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede, reveal that its auroras share
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detailed structural similarities with auroras on Earth, suggesting that the
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physical processes that generate these lights may be universal across
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different types of Celestial Bodies launch coming up on Mayo ninth,
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along March seventh from Winchang Space launch site. People's Republic
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of China. China is sending up ninth cargo delivery mission
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to the Chinese Space Station and China scenes This episode
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was assembled using AI pulling from NASA and Spaceflight News sources.
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Thanks for listening.
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