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

One of the brightest stars in the night sky will vanish as seen from North America and Europe in a rare event.

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.

Skywatchers across parts of North America are getting front-row seats to a lunar occultation, where Luna makes one of the ...

From Mercury’s rare appearance to NASA’s Artemis II launch window, here’s everything to watch in the skies this month.

Ahead of the anticipated launch of the Artemis II mission, catch a glimpse of February’s full moon, called the snow moon.

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

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

The Moon is now located on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun and its face will be fully illuminated. This phase occurs at 2:09 PM. This full moon was known by some Native American tribes as ...

Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes ...

On a clear night far from city lights, the Milky Way stretches overhead as a pale band, yet most of the sky between those ...