Speaker 1: Calaroga Shark Media. Good morning. This is space news and
Speaker 1: weather Today. The ringed planet Saturn reaches peak visibility this month.
Speaker 1: Jupiter follows behind, rising around midnight and offering spectacular views
Speaker 1: before sunrise. Tonight's full moon rises at sunset and stays
Speaker 1: bright all night, washing out fainter stars but offering beautiful
Speaker 1: views of lunar craters and Maria. The iconic Summer Triangle
Speaker 1: rules the sky overhead. These three stars, Vega, Deneb, and
Speaker 1: altare are visible all night and serve as a guide
Speaker 1: to the fainter summer constellations. The Sun has been active lately,
Speaker 1: with several sunspot groups dotting its surface. Solar flares are
Speaker 1: possible over the next day or two. For now, aura
Speaker 1: chances are moderate for those in far northern latitudes. Tides
Speaker 1: are at their most extreme this week, as the Moon
Speaker 1: and Sun combine their gravitational pull. Coastal communities see their
Speaker 1: highest and lowest water levels. NASA's space weather trackers also
Speaker 1: note a burst of solar material was seen on the
Speaker 1: southeast side of the Sun, moving at moderate speed. NASA
Speaker 1: Maven mission scientists have uncovered a key puzzle piece in
Speaker 1: understanding certain types of auroras on Mars, finding that they
Speaker 1: form in a similar way to Earth based auroras. Results
Speaker 1: published Thursday in Nature Communications show the same mechanism that
Speaker 1: circulates in catapults charged particles into Earth's atmosphere is happening
Speaker 1: at This episode was assembled using AI pulling from NASA
Speaker 1: and Spaceflight News sources. Thanks for listening.