Venus passes near Spica this evening

0:03 Caloroga Shark Media. Space weather is brought to you with the help of AI. Venus passes near Spica this evening. Look low in the western sky after sunset. With a clear horizon, the bright planet should be easy to find, while Spica is the fainter point nearby. Look east for the Great Square of Pegasus. These four stars outline the flying horse's body. The square is roughly the size of your fist held at arm's length. 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.

0:49 PLD Space adds $ 108 million to Series C funding round. Spanish launch services provider PLD Space has secured an additional $ 108 million in funding extending the Series C round to $ 288 million. The company is preparing for the inaugural flight of the Miura 5 rocket later this year. A Falcon 9 rocket is heading to space later today. SpaceX launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, sending up the Starlink Internet Satellites mission. The booster will attempt to land back at Vandenberg. NASA's space weather trackers also note, A burst of solar material was seen on the southeast side of the sun. There are currently 12 astronauts aboard the International Space Station, including Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chubb, and Tracy Caldwell Dyson.

1:48 They are traveling at over 17,000 miles per hour, watching 16 sunrises every day. Space News and Weather Today uses AI to gather and narrate information from NASA, and spaceflight news sources around the world.