Six Planets Align - February 20, 2026
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RSS Feed Six planets form a rare arc across the evening sky this week. Plus tonight's space weather and more.
Portions of the podcast are made with the assistance of AI which helps us gather informaton from the NASA and other soruces.
0:03 Calarogus Shark Media, Hello and welcome to Sleep from space. The constellation Gemini rides high tonight. Find the two bright stars Castor and Pollocks above Orion. Castor is actually six stars in one, though you'll need a telescope to split them. On the Solar front, high magnetic complexity in several active regions, Northern lights are possible tonight, moderate chance, especially across Canada and the Northern States. Today's successful Artemis two wet dress rehearsal positions NASA to launch astronauts around the Moon for the first time in over fifty years soon as next month.
0:50 This asteroid twenty twenty six DK, about the size of a small building, will fly past Earth in the next couple of days, roughly two times the Moon's distance. Completely safe, but a nice reminder of our busy Solar system. Six planets form a rare arc across the evening sky this week after sunset, look west to east to spot Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, though the outer two need a telescope. A Falcon nine is heading to space tomorrow. SpaceX launches from Vandenburg Space Force Base, California, sending up Starlink Internet satellites.
1:33 The booster will attempt to land back at Vandenburg. AI helped gather tonight's update from NASA and Spaceflight News sources. Rest easy knowing the universe keeps spinning. Good night,