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A February moon offers a practical preview of where to look for March's total lunar eclipse.

When young stars mix with neutron stars, things get messy.

The moon will take on a dramatic blood red hue during the total lunar eclipse on March 3.

NASA has delayed its Artemis 2 moon launch until March at the earliest, after encountering some issues during a key prelaunch exercise known as a wet dress rehearsal.

NASA fully fueled its Artemis 2 moon rocket during a crucial test today (Feb. 2) but had to pause the operation twice due to leaks. Will the agency still try to launch on Feb. 8?

"You need so much water that we think these could be evidence of an ancient warmer and wetter climate where there was rain falling for millions of years."

This is the first time humans have laid eyes on these deep space objects.

NASA's upcoming Artemis 2 moon mission is historic, but it's designed to pave the way for even bigger things.

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.

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

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

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

A smaller Lego Star Wars BB-8 model replaces the one that retired in 2019. It’s a great model, but we’re not sure it offers value for money.

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

Monday, Feb. 2, 2026: Follow NASA's last major test of SLS before the launch of Artemis 2 and a crew of astronauts around the moon.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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