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From Jupiter to Mercury: the brightest planets of February 2026

From dazzling Jupiter high in the evening sky to elusive Mercury low at sunset, February 2026 offers one of the year's best planetary lineups.

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Groundhog Day launch sends SpaceX Starlink satellites into Earth orbit from California (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 25 Starlink satellites launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026.

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See the moon eclipse one of the brightest stars in the sky during rare alignment tonight

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

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Comet visits stargazers on Kitt Peak | Space photo of the day for Feb. 2, 2026

Arizona skywatchers got treated to both a beautiful sunset and a blazing comet streaking across the skies.

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Groundhog Day isn't the halfway point of winter — the real one arrives tomorrow

Astronomical winter reaches its true midpoint on Feb. 3, as daylight gains begin to accelerate across the Northern Hemisphere.

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Sun unleashes extraordinary solar flare barrage as new volatile sunspot turns toward Earth

A rapidly growing sunspot has fired off at least 18 M-class and three X-class flares in just 24 hours, including an intense X8.3 eruption.

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February's full moon dazzles skywatchers worldwide with a glistening 'Snow Moon'

See beautiful photos of February's full Snow Moon captured worldwide.

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James Webb Space Telescope watches distant galaxies form farthest cluster ever seen in the ancient universe (image)

"JADES-ID1 is giving us new evidence that the universe was in a huge hurry to grow up."

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Watch NASA fuel up its Artemis 2 moon rocket today in critical prelaunch test

NASA will conduct a crucial fueling test with its Artemis 2 moon rocket today (Feb. 2), and you can watch the action live.

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'Back to the Moon': Artemis 2 astronauts land on Time magazine cover, a callback to Apollo 8 history

While the world awaits the first crewed moon mission in more than 50 years, Time magazine is celebrating the momentous event with a special Artemis 2 cover issue that hit newsstands on Jan. 30.

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A 'cosmic clock' in tiny crystals has revealed the rise and fall of Australia's ancient landscapes

We show how this "cosmic clock" uncovers the evolution of rivers, coasts and habitats.

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The Pelican Nebula shines near the Las Vegas Strip in gorgeous deep space photo

The Pelican Nebula is located in the constellation Cygnus, the swan.

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Gladys West, GPS pioneer and one of NASA's famed 'Hidden Figures,' dies at 95

West's work on modeling the Earth's shape assisted with the development of GPS, today used by an estimated 4 billion people.

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See the full 'Snow Moon' chill in the eastern sky at sunset tonight

The 'Snow Moon' is named for the inclement weather that is common in January.

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Chinese space tourism startup eyes 2028 for 1st crewed mission, signs celebrity for future flight

InterstellOr is already taking bookings for its planned suborbital flights and says it has attracted its first celebrity passenger, highlighting China's growing commercial space ambitions.

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 195 — Remembering Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia

On Episode 195 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Gerry Griffin, former Apollo Flight Director and Director of the Johnson Space Center, about NASA's spaceflight tragedies.

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From a new flagship space telescope to lunar exploration, global cooperation – and competition – will make 2026 an exciting year for space

Coming from one of the world's largest astrophysical research institutes, I can tell you, the anticipation across the global space science community is electric.

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From 'Asteroids' to 'Star Citizen': A brief history of space dogfighting games

How space dogfighting games evolved from vector lines to virtual cockpits.

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What actually happens to a spacecraft during its fiery last moments? Here's why ESA wants to find out

What actually happens to a spacecraft during its fiery last moments? That's the key question for the European Space Agency's Draco mission, planned for 2027.

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NASA's Artemis 2 mission to the moon puts Crew-12 SpaceX launch in delicate dance

SpaceX launch date of Crew-12 astronauts to the International Space Station will depend on the outcome of the Artemis 2 wet dress rehearsal and launch attempts.

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Blue Origin pausing space tourism flights for at least 2 years to focus on moon plans

Blue Origin will ground its New Shepard suborbital vehicle for at least two years, in order to devote more resources to the company's crewed moon plans.

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Russian 'inspector' satellite appears to break apart in orbit, raising debris concerns

Ground-based observations suggest the former geostationary inspector satellite suffered a fragmentation event months after retirement, raising new concerns about debris in high Earth orbit.

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Large Hadron Collider reveals 'primordial soup' of the early universe was surprisingly soupy

Using the world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, scientists have found that the quark-gluon plasma that filled the universe just after the Big Bang really was a primordial "soup."

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1.1 million mph cosmic winds race through 'magnetic superhighway' in colliding galaxies

Astronomers have discovered powerful magnetic fields steering gas, dust, and star formation in a dramatic galaxy merger.

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Living spaceships, plague planets, and a quote from Josef Mengele: 'The Sixth Nik' is NYT bestselling author Daniel Kraus' 1st sci-fi novel, and it's really weird

Read an excerpt of this deep-space mystery from the prolific writer of 'Whalefall' and 'Angel Down.'

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