April 12, 2026
Your Nightly Guide to the Cosmos — April 12, 2026
CAS Space Kinetica 1 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 soruces.
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Caalaroga Shark Media. Good evening. This is sleep from Space.
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The four astronauts who flew around the Moon and splashed
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down in the Pacific Ocean yesterday are now back in
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Houston mirtha recovery ship returned to Tonight is a new Moon.
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The sky will be at its darkest head outside after
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nine pm for the best views of faint stars and galaxies.
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Asteroid Flyby Alert twenty thirteen GM three, about thirty to
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fifty feet across, passes closer than the Moon about sixty
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seven percent of the lunar distance in the next couple
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of days. These close approaches happen weekly. Astronomers track thousands
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of them. Tides are at their most extreme this week
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as the Moon and Sun combine their gravitational Coastal communities
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see their highest and lowest water levels. Launch coming up
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in the next couple of days a Connetica one from
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Juquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China, operated by
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CAS Space. The Sun has been active lately, with several
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sunspot groups dotting its surface. Solar flares are possible over
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the next day or two. For now Aurora, chances are moderate.
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For those in far northern latitudes. Venus continues its rain
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as the evening star, shining so bright it casts faint
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shadows on dark nights. Mercury peaks above the western horizon
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briefly after sunset. That's your space update, compiled by AI
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from NASA and Spaceflight News. The sky will be here
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when you wake. Sleep well,
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