May 23, 2026
Venus Rising — Brightest Object After the Moon — May 23, 2026
China Long March 2F/G launch coming up. Plus space news and stargazing.
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Calaroga Shark Media. Good morning. This is Space news and
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weather today. China has a long March two FG on
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the pad at Jukwan Satellite Launch Center People's Republic of
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China set to fly tomorrow. Space is strange. Saturn's density
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is so low that if you could find a bathtub
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big enough, the planet would float in water. Our tourist
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blazes overhead tonight, an orange giant star about twenty five
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times larger than our Sun. It's the bottom point of
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the kite shaped boots constellation. Look west after dark, Venus
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shines like a beacon. Night owls can catch Saturn rising
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in the east around two AM, golden and steady among
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the stars. The moon is growing each night as it
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approaches full tonight, it'll stay up late, so stargazing is
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best right after sunset. New observations of Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede,
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reveal that its auroras share detailed structural similarities with auroras
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on Earth, suggesting that the physical processes that generate these
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lights may be universal across different types of celestial bodies.
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Quick solar update. The Sun is quite active, with numerous
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sunspot groups visible. That means a moderate chance of northern
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lights tonight. For those in northern latitudes, look north after
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dark if skies are clear. This is space news and
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weather Today, Your AI curated guide to the Cosmos. Sources
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include NASA and space news from around the world.
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