For the first time in 54 years, humans will head toward the moon this week. So why does it feel like most of us are barely ...

The total lunar eclipse will take place between 3:44 and 9:22 a.m. EST (0844-1422 GMT) on March 2. The totality phase, during ...

Magnetism on the moon has always been a bit confusing. Remote sensing probes have noted there is some magnetic signature, but far from the strong cocoon that surrounds Earth itself. Previous attempts ...

Almost as tall as a football field, NASA's Space Launch System rocket and capsule stack traveled slowly—just under one mile per hour—out to the Artemis II launchpad, its temporary home at the Kennedy ...

Today’s observatories document every pulse and flash in the sky each night. To understand how the cosmos has changed over longer periods, scientists rely on a more tactile technology.

Regulus — also called Alpha Leonis — is one of the brightest stars in the night sky. The brightest star in the constellation ...

Stargazers looking ahead to February’s highlights should make some time to look up not only during the night, but also during the day. In addition to the first solar eclipse of the year and a "planet ...

NASA’s Orion will take the Artemis-II crew farther than humans have gone in decades, tracing a unique figure-8 orbit around ...

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

Snow Moon, the last full moon of the winter, is here.

The big astronomical event in February is a rare “planetary parade,” according to NASA. You’ll be able to see Mercury, Venus, ...

Some discoveries make you stop and stare. The Nebra Sky Disc is one of them. Unearthed in Germany, this 3,800-year-old bronze ...