Find out what's up in your night sky during February 2026 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.

If you’re a night owl, the 79.5% moon will be in conjunction with Jupiter in the early hours of Feb. 27 (around 01:30 AM ET).

The moon greets Jupiter two days ahead of its full moon phase on Feb. 1.

The month is packed with skywatching highlights—including six visible planets, an annular solar eclipse, and the Milky Way’s ...

Along with bonus stargazing targets!

A rare lunar occultation will occur on Feb. 2 when the moon passes directly in front of bright star Regulus as seen from a ...

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Recently, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory shared its first images with the world: stunning photographs of spiral galaxies, nebulas, and stars strung across our universe. The technology used to capture ...

Helping young people tap into their excitement about the night sky helps them build confidence and opens career pathways they ...

Euclid uses a method called 'step-and-stare to scan the night sky, which allows it to combine a bunch of separate ...

By mid century, the familiar constellations that guided sailors and storytellers could be drowned in a permanent artificial ...