Six Planets Align - February 28, 2026

0:03 Calorogus Shark media. Good evening. This is sleep from space. Gemini dominates the overhead sky after dark. The Twins' heads are marked by Castor and Polyx, two of the brightest stars in the winter sky. Pollux is slightly brighter with an orange tint. 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. Asteroid twenty thousand twenty six d x six, comparable to a city bus, will fly past Earth in the next couple of days, about two point zero lunar distances away. Completely safe, but a nice reminder of our busy solar system. A Firefly Alpha is heading to space tomorrow. Firefly Aerospace launches from Vandenberg Space for four California, sending up its payload. The Sun's been putting on a show with high magnetic complexity right now. There's a moderate chance you might see auroras if you're far enough north face north after nine pm for the best view. NASA chief Jared isaac Man on Saturday ruled out a March launch for Artemis two, the first crewed flyby mission to the Moon in more than fifty years. Citing technical issues, workers detected a problem with helium flow to the massive SLS rocket that will take

1:33 the March launch window out of consideration. Isaac Man said in a post on x I understand people are disappointed by this development. This episode was assembled using AI pulling from NASA and Spaceflight News sources. Thanks for listening, sleep Well,