Total Solar Eclipse and Perseids: Key Facts for August 12

0:03 Calarogus Shark Media. Space weather is brought to you with the help of AI. August twelfth brings a total solar eclipse across Greenland, Iceland, and Spain, followed by the per Seed meteor shower peak on August twelfth, thirteen. The new moon creates dark skies with sixty eighty meteors per hour possible before dawn. Totality lasts up to two minutes eighteen seconds. Near Iceland use certified eclipse glasses. The Perseed meteor Shower peaks tonight one of the year's best. Look northeast after midnight quick solar update. The Sun is quite active with numerous sunspot groups visible. That means a moderate chance of northern lights tonight for those in northern latitudes. Look north after dark if skies are clear. One of the many asteroids in our neighborhood, twenty thirteen QC eleven swings by tomorrow at several hundred feet across. It'll pass about fourteen lunar distances from Earth. No threat, just a cosmic passerby.

1:15 The European Space Agency selects Arianni six to launch Deep Space Cube SAT. The European Space Agency has awarded a contract to launch its Solar Storm Monitoring Cube SAT on an Arianni six rocket launch coming up later today. A Falcon nine from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. SpaceX is sending up Starlink Internet satellites. Today's report was compiled by AI from NASA Launch Library and Spaceflight News. See you tomorrow.