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Astronomy Bot’s space fact feature has received a very interesting update. Unlike before, it will now post more advanced space facts and will seldom repeat them. I hope you enjoy! 😊
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On January 24, 2030, the planet Mercury will achieve its greatest eastern elongation. This marks the point when Mercury is farthest from the Sun in the evening sky, making it the optimal time for observation. Look low on the western horizon shortly after sunset to catch a glimpse of this swift-mo...
February 13, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Chinese Tiangong Space Station Tracking

The Tiangong Space Station is currently over 161 Chemistry Cir, Ladson, SC 29456, USA

Latitude 32.96386441
Longitude -80.13811658

Orbiting at 15,669.88 miles/hour
Altitude of 387.14 km

At 23 : 50 UTC, in 1 hour time, the Tiangong spacestation will be p...
February 12, 2026 at 10:50 PM
International Space Station Tracking
The ISS is currently over Smirnykhovskii, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia

Latitude 49.877225414572
Longitude 143.32118377443

Orbiting at 17,157.00 miles/hour
Altitude of 482.53km

At 23 : 30 UTC, in 1 hour time, the ISS will be passing over 4GJ38G44+G82, -37.693726...
February 12, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Short space sci-fi

Series: Guardians of the Stellar Heart

Guardians of the Stellar Heart
Episode 40: The counter-resonance, amplified by the collective will of the allied species and guided by the Lumina's fundamental principles, began to mend the temporal rift. Commander Rostova witnessed the...
February 12, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Rocket Launch
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-13
On 2026-02-14 at 22:00:00 UTC | 2 days, 1 hours, 44 mins
By SpaceX
Status: Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
Rocket: Falcon 9 Block 5
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 4E, located at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Orbit: Low Earth...
February 12, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Astronomy Picture Of the Day - APOD

Title: The Bay of Rainbows
Date: 2026-02-12
Image by: Olaf Filzinger

#APOD #NASA
February 12, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Parallel field of Abell S1063
Image date: 21 July 2016, 16:00

This part of the sky was observed in parallel with the galaxy cluster Abell S1063 and is also part of the Frontier Fields programme. While one of Hubble’s cameras observed the galaxy cluster itself, another simultaneously captured th...
February 12, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Chinese Tiangong Space Station Tracking

The Tiangong Space Station is currently over 5QVCW447+RFV

Latitude -12.09289477
Longitude 128.11365865

Orbiting at 15,607.94 miles/hour
Altitude of 392.49 km

At 19 : 50 UTC, in 1 hour time, the Tiangong spacestation will be passing over 8CF78X49+85V, 3...
February 12, 2026 at 6:51 PM
International Space Station Tracking
The ISS is currently over St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Latitude -35.392142982347
Longitude -10.793467631346

Orbiting at 17,104.00 miles/hour
Altitude of 503.28km

At 19 : 30 UTC, in 1 hour time, the ISS will be passing over 9427Q899+F2C, 50.768...
February 12, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Today's weather in Dighwara, Bihar, India is Clear conditions throughout the day.

Temperature: 20˚C, 67.7˚F
Minimum temperature: 14˚C, 57.1˚F
Maximum temperature: 27˚C, 80.5˚F
Sunrise at 06:27:34 and sunset at 17:41:21

Hourly
00:00:00 - Clear
06:00:00 - Clear
12:00:00 - Clear
18:00:00 - Partia...
February 12, 2026 at 6:10 PM
On January 20, 2030, the Moon will pass very close to the planet Uranus, an event that can be observed in the constellation Aries. Uranus is a faint planet that typically requires a telescope to see. However, during this conjunction, the Moon's proximity will help observers identify the region of...
February 12, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Chinese Tiangong Space Station Tracking

The Tiangong Space Station is currently over Balkan, Turkmenistan

Latitude 41.61361405
Longitude 53.0128271

Orbiting at 15,637.11 miles/hour
Altitude of 388.84 km

At 17 : 50 UTC, in 1 hour time, the Tiangong spacestation will be passing over 568X6Q6X+W...
February 12, 2026 at 4:50 PM
International Space Station Tracking
The ISS is currently over 88H3P4J2+R28

Latitude 41.732028696653
Longitude -58.899919815017

Orbiting at 17,155.00 miles/hour
Altitude of 481.27km

At 17 : 30 UTC, in 1 hour time, the ISS will be passing over Papua New Guinea, -4.497171269801,146.9098473007

...
February 12, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Rocket Launch
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-36
On 2026-02-17 at 22:00:00 UTC | 5 days, 5 hours, 44 mins
By SpaceX
Status: Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
Rocket: Falcon 9 Block 5
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 40, located at Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Orbit: Low E...
February 12, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Constellations of satellites, like Starlink or OneWeb, are groups of artificial satellites working together to provide a service, often global internet. One fascinating aspect is their sheer scale; Starlink alone aims to deploy tens of thousands of satellites. These constellations can appear as s...
February 12, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Hubble enters safe mode
Image date: 1 October 2008, 12:00

At approximately 02:00 (CEST) on Sunday September 28, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope automatically entered safe mode when errors were detected in the Control Unit/Science Data Formatter-Side A. This component is essential for the st...
February 12, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The key achievement of the Spirit and Opportunity rovers was providing definitive evidence that Mars once had liquid water on its surface. Opportunity discovered rocks that appeared to have formed at the shoreline of an ancient salty body of water, and Spirit found signs of ancient hot springs. B...
February 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Chinese Tiangong Space Station Tracking

The Tiangong Space Station is currently over 5CV29P5V+429

Latitude -12.64221176
Longitude -19.25738997

Orbiting at 15,659.72 miles/hour
Altitude of 391.08 km

At 15 : 50 UTC, in 1 hour time, the Tiangong spacestation will be passing over 5299CXJ3+R9R, -...
February 12, 2026 at 2:51 PM
International Space Station Tracking
The ISS is currently over 7359G3CX+C28

Latitude 13.521035224059
Longitude -152.9024108165

Orbiting at 17,142.00 miles/hour
Altitude of 482.03km

At 15 : 30 UTC, in 1 hour time, the ISS will be passing over French Southern and Antarctic Lands, -47.6109609023...
February 12, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Short space sci-fi

Series: Guardians of the Stellar Heart

Guardians of the Stellar Heart
Episode 39: Commander Rostova led a fleet comprised of Federation ships, Lumina energy weavers, and K'tharr resonance engineers towards the burgeoning temporal rift. The anomaly pulsed with chaotic energy,...
February 12, 2026 at 2:28 PM
In early 2025, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration released new, high-resolution radio images of the jet emanating from the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy M87. These images reveal a previously unseen level of detail in the jet's structure near its base, showing co...
February 12, 2026 at 2:01 PM
On January 16, 2030, the Moon will be in conjunction with the planet Saturn, visible in the constellation Aquarius. This celestial pairing offers a good opportunity to locate Saturn in the night sky, as the Moon will be nearby. While Saturn's rings are best seen with a telescope, the Moon's prese...
February 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Solar Array
Image date: 16 December 1999

A close-up view of one of the solar arrays.

Credit: NASA/ESA
Source: ESA/Hubble
February 12, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Chinese Tiangong Space Station Tracking

The Tiangong Space Station is currently over 45WG3G23+8JJ

Latitude -31.9491588
Longitude -109.49598046

Orbiting at 15,601.89 miles/hour
Altitude of 400.22 km

At 13 : 50 UTC, in 1 hour time, the Tiangong spacestation will be passing over Zhuanghe, Dalia...
February 12, 2026 at 12:51 PM
International Space Station Tracking
The ISS is currently over 3RW27CFJ+663

Latitude -51.726996257531
Longitude 140.4305365175

Orbiting at 17,090.00 miles/hour
Altitude of 513.47km

At 13 : 30 UTC, in 1 hour time, the ISS will be passing over Illizi, Algeria, 26.902098222806,7.9047835860645

A...
February 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM