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

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

The Death Valley Dark Sky Festival is returning to the national park from Feb. 6 through Feb. 8. DarkSky International, a starry-sky conservation and advocacy group fighting against light pollution, ...

On a clear night far from city lights, the Milky Way stretches overhead as a pale band, yet most of the sky between those stars looks almost perfectly black. That darkness is not just a backdrop for ...

If you’re searching for a truly dark sky — or at least one beyond city limits — the website lightpollutionmap.info has a good ...

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

Our comprehensive guide, curated by Astronomy‘s observing experts, lists everything you need to know to catch eclipses, ...

Astronomy day 2025 is upon us! To celebrate, we've picked six targets to emphasize the variety and scale of objects visible in the night sky that will make for a beautiful and rewarding sight, whether ...

The race to connect the world through satellite internet has created an unexpected casualty: our view of the cosmos. A new study reveals that major satellite constellations, including Starlink, ...

When the sun sets in the Canadian Rockies, the sky comes alive, and the Jasper Dark Sky Festival takes stargazing to another ...