Speaker 1: Calarogu Shark Media. Space weather is brought to you with
Speaker 1: the help of AI. August headline sky event arrives August twelfth.
Speaker 1: A total solar eclipse crosses Greenland, Iceland, and Spain, followed
Speaker 1: by the Persed meteor shower's peak on the night of
Speaker 1: August twelfth, thirteen. The new moon leaves dark skies with
Speaker 1: sixty eighty meteors per hour possible before dawn. Totality lasts
Speaker 1: up to two minutes eighteen seconds. Near Iceland use certified
Speaker 1: eclipse glasses. Saturn shines at its peak brightness, visible from
Speaker 1: dust to dawn. Jupiter rises around ten PM, making the
Speaker 1: late night sky truly spectacular. Tonight is a new moon,
Speaker 1: the sky will be at its darkest head outside after
Speaker 1: nine pm for the best views of faint stars and galaxies.
Speaker 1: NASA's space weather trackers also note a burst of solar
Speaker 1: material was seen on the northeast side of the Sun,
Speaker 1: moving at moderate speed. There is plenty of activity on
Speaker 1: the Sun right now. Multiple sunspot regions are crackling with energy,
Speaker 1: and solar flares could fire off at any time. Northern
Speaker 1: lights chances remain moderate tonight for viewers in Canada. And
Speaker 1: the northernmost States. Launch coming up later today. A Falcon
Speaker 1: nine from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. SpaceX is sending
Speaker 1: up Starlink Internet satellites heads up for asteroid fans. Twenty nineteen,
Speaker 1: n y two passes Earth tomorrow about six lunar distances
Speaker 1: from Earth. It's larger than a football field. Harmless but
Speaker 1: fun to track. This episode was assembled using AI pulling
Speaker 1: from NASA and Spaceflight News sources. Thanks for listening.