Find out what's up in your night sky during February 2026 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide.

NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope has completed its first infrared map of the entire sky in 102 colors using observations made between May and December 2025. NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope — launched in ...

At Vandenberg Space Force Base, preparations are underway for a mission to send a NASA telescope into space. NASA officials say the two-year-long SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the ...

An ambitious NASA mission to map the sky in 3D using a space-based observatory now has a target launch date of late February 2025. Using the sky map, SPHEREx has three scientific goals to achieve.

We connected with Florian Winkler to learn how he created such an elegant and informative map that invites exploration.

Google Sky Map beta for Android is sort of like Google Maps for the night sky… except it doesn’t just let you locate the locations of stars, planets, constellations, and other astronomical features by ...

TL;DR: NASA's SPHEREx space observatory has completed calibration and begun a two-year mission to map the entire night sky in 3D, capturing over 3,600 images daily. This comprehensive survey aims to ...

Dark matter makes up the majority of the universe. A new sky map provides clues about its influence on the visible part of ...

NASA says all the planning work is done, and the sky-mapping telescope's design has been confirmed down to the smallest detail. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new ...