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

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

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

Launches & Spacecraft
An orange rocket with a white top stands against a dynamic sky. A danger sign stands on the left.

Artemis 2 SLS wet dress rehearsal latest news: NASA prepares to load propellant in critical fueling test

By Josh Dinner last updated

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.

Artemis
A bright closeup of the moon in space, showing its various maria, sits in front of a time lapse of a series of small orange dots as the planet Mars moves across the dark blue background

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

By Jamie Carter published

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

Stargazing
a museum exhibit of a reconnaissance satellite

On this day in space: Feb. 2, 1967: U.S. Air Force launches Keyhole-7 spy satellite

By Hanneke Weitering last updated

On Feb. 2, 1967, the U.S. Air Force launched a top-secret surveillance satellite called Keyhole 7-36 (KH-7).

Launches & Spacecraft
A circular dome of a telescope is illuminated in red light as a crowd of people holding binoculars and telescopes look at a pink and blue night sky.

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

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

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

Stargazing
a triple-core rocket blasts off under a sunny, partly cloudy blue sky. smoke expands below next to an obscured launch tower, near a long white hanger with SPACEX written on the side. To the left, a bird flies away.

Rocket launch today: Is there a rocket launch and what time?

By Josh Dinner, Tariq Malik last updated

Follow Space.com's rocket launch blog for the latest on when the next rocket launch will be and how to follow it live.

Launches & Spacecraft
A small brown rodent pokes its head out of a snowbank, its whiskers and head covered in snow.

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

By Joe Rao published

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

Stargazing
graphic with night sky in large font and silhouettes of people below looking up at the night sky.

Night sky tonight: See the near-full moon dance pass in front of the bright star Regulus

By Jamie Carter last updated

Find out what you can see in the night sky for tonight, from planets and stars to dazzling meteor showers.

Stargazing
view of the colossal x-flare eruption from the sun, in the background is earth and there is a graphic of a flare image in the upper left corner.

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

By Daisy Dobrijevic published

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.

The Sun

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

By Anthony Wood published

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

Astrophotography
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