Feb. 20, 2026
Six Planets Align - February 20, 2026
Six planets form a rare arc across the evening sky this week. Plus tonight's space weather and more.
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Calarogus Shark Media, Hello and welcome to Sleep from space.
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The constellation Gemini rides high tonight. Find the two bright
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stars Castor and Pollocks above Orion. Castor is actually six
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stars in one, though you'll need a telescope to split them.
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On the Solar front, high magnetic complexity in several active regions,
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Northern lights are possible tonight, moderate chance, especially across Canada
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and the Northern States. Today's successful Artemis two wet dress
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rehearsal positions NASA to launch astronauts around the Moon for
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the first time in over fifty years soon as next month.
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This asteroid twenty twenty six DK, about the size of
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a small building, will fly past Earth in the next
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couple of days, roughly two times the Moon's distance. Completely safe,
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but a nice reminder of our busy Solar system. Six
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planets form a rare arc across the evening sky this
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week after sunset, look west to east to spot Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus,
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and Neptune, though the outer two need a telescope. A
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Falcon nine is heading to space tomorrow. SpaceX launches from
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Vandenburg Space Force Base, California, sending up Starlink Internet satellites.
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The booster will attempt to land back at Vandenburg. AI
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helped gather tonight's update from NASA and Spaceflight News sources.
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Rest easy knowing the universe keeps spinning. Good night,
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