Hey! Did you hear what happened yesterday?

Guess what, space cadet? Something pretty cool happened up in space yesterday that's actually a big sigh of relief! Imagine having a tiny little leak in your house, but it's not just for a day or two, it's for five whole years! Annoying, right? Well, something similar was happening on the International Space Station, specifically in the Russian part. But good news: they finally fixed it!

Let's break it down!

So, picture this: our amazing International Space Station, where astronauts from all over the world live and work, is like a big house floating around Earth. For a really long time – like, half a decade! – there's been a super tiny air leak coming from the Russian part of it. It wasn't a huge danger or anything, but it meant they were constantly losing a little bit of precious air into space. Think of it like a tire with a slow puncture. But yesterday, after all that time, the smart folks up there announced that they finally, finally managed to stop it! No more slow leak! That means the station is even more robust and cozy for our astronaut friends. Pretty neat, huh?

NASA's Pick of the Day

Okay, now for something truly out of this world that happened yesterday! NASA was buzzing about the Full Moonlight!

Imagine stepping outside and the moon is just GIGANTIC and super bright, lighting up everything like a giant nightlight. Well, that's exactly what the first Full Moon of 2026 was like yesterday! It was shining its absolute brightest.

And get this: not only was the Moon all big and bright, but our Earth was also doing something special. Yesterday, our planet reached its "perihelion" (say: pair-ee-HEE-lee-on). That's just a fancy word for when Earth gets super close to the Sun in its big dance around it. So, we had a bright moon AND we were giving the Sun a big, close hug!

Oh, and one more thing about the Moon: it was also extra close to Earth. We call that its "perigee" (say: PEAR-uh-jee), which means it looked even bigger in the sky! So it was a double whammy of close-up Moon magic!

If you were looking up at the sky, you might have even seen Jupiter, which was shining extra bright and hanging out near the big Full Moon. And if you were super lucky, you could have spotted some "fireballs" from something called the Quadrantid meteor shower. Those are like super speedy, bright shooting stars zipping across the sky!

So, lots of cool stuff happening in our cosmic neighborhood yesterday! Here's a peek at how glorious that Full Moon looked: