A rare lunar occultation will occur on Feb. 2 when the moon passes directly in front of bright star Regulus as seen from a path through North America.

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

At best, NASA could launch commander Reid Wiseman and his crew to the moon no sooner than Sunday. The rocket must be flying by Feb. 11 or the mission will be called off until March. The space agency only has a few days in any given month to launch the rocket, and the extreme cold already has shortened February’s launch window by two days.

It's the Full Moon.

A rare total lunar eclipse on Mar. 3 will bring a 58-minute “blood moon” to North America. It’s the only total lunar eclipse of 2026 — and last until 2028.

The 2026 'Snow Moon,' February’s full moon, peaks Sunday, Feb. 1. Named for winter’s snowier months, it will be visible at moonrise with easy viewing for skywatchers.

Gateway is a planned outpost in lunar orbit, but can it survive a current re-think of the Nasa-led Artemis programme?

Most near-Earth asteroids are thought to drift in from the main asteroid belt. But a small subset may have a much closer origin: the moon. One intriguing example is 469219 Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3), an Earth quasi-satellite whose reported spectrum resembles lunar material and which is a target of China's Tianwen-2 sample-return mission.

The worm moon, a blood moon, will be visible as a partial lunar eclipse over Michigan March 2-3, 2026. Here's what to know.