June 28, 2026

There is plenty of activity on the Sun right now. — June 28, 2026

There is plenty of activity on the Sun right now. — June 28, 2026

Aurora Australis.

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Caalarugashark Media. This is Space News and Weather today. Saturn

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rises before midnight, now its famous rings visible through even

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small telescopes. Jupiter follows in the early morning hours, preparing

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for its summer appearance Tomorrow. Night brings the Strawberry Moon.

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The relatively short strawberry harvesting season gave this moon its

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sweet name. The Scorpion rises in the south tonight and

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Terry's the red Heart of Scorpius is one of the

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largest stars visible to the naked eye, a red super

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giant seven hundred times wider than our Sun. There's plenty

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of activity on the Sun right now. Multiple sun spot

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regions are crackling with energy, and solar flares could fire

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off at any time. Northern lights chances remain moderate tonight

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for viewers in Canada and the northernmost States. Asteroid five

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two three eight zero eight two thousand and seven mL

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twenty four, several hundred meters across, will fly past Earth

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in about six days, about nine lunar distances from Earth.

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Completely safe, but a nice reminder of our busy solar system.

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Rocket launch alert. SpaceX is set to launch a Falcon

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nine later today from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, carrying

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the Starlink Internet Satellites mission to southa Melan, Aurora, Australis.

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