🔭 Upcoming Astronomy Events (2025–2026)
Welcome to the AstronomyWatch Upcoming Events Center — your overview of the most spectacular celestial phenomena happening soon in the sky. From powerful meteor showers and rare eclipses to bright comets, planetary conjunctions and major space launches, this page highlights the most important celestial events to look forward to.
🌠 Meteor Showers
Meteor showers occur when Earth passes through debris fields left behind by comets or asteroids. Well-known showers such as the Perseids, Geminids, and Leonids can produce dozens — sometimes even hundreds — of meteors per hour under dark skies.
Related page:
➡️ Comets & Asteroids Center
🌕 Solar & Lunar Eclipses
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon blocks the Sun’s light and casts a shadow on Earth. A lunar eclipse happens when Earth passes between the Sun and Moon. Eclipses are rare for any given location, making them highly anticipated events for observers and photographers.
Related page:
➡️ The Moon Apartment
🪐 Planetary Conjunctions
Conjunctions occur when two or more planets appear close together in the night sky. Although the planets are not physically near one another, the alignment creates a visually striking moment — especially when Venus, Jupiter, or Saturn are involved.
Related page:
➡️ The Planets Gallery
☄️ Visible Comets
From time to time, a comet brightens enough to become visible to the naked eye. These icy wanderers often display glowing comas and dramatic tails, creating some of the most memorable sky events.
Related page:
➡️ Comets & Asteroids Center
🚀 Space Launches
Space agencies like NASA, ESA, SpaceX, and Blue Origin carry out dozens of missions each year — including crewed flights, satellite launches, scientifi
🔄 The livestreams below refresh automatically and update throughout the day.
🛰 NASA – Upcoming Events
🌟 Open NASA Upcoming Events🇪🇺 ESA – Missions & Science
🌐 Open ESA Missions & Science🇪🇺 ESA – Top News
📰 Open ESA Top News🚀 SpaceX – Launches & Updates
🌟 Open SpaceX Launches & Updates🚀 Upcoming Astronomy & Space Events
Updated launch schedules and skywatching guides.
🌙 Skywatching Highlights
✅ Time & Date — Astronomy Sight-to-See🛰️ ESA Launch Schedule
Official launch and space transportation updates from the European Space Agency.
- France’s postal service, La Poste, honours Ariane 6
- FLEX and Sentinel-3C arrive at Europe’s Spaceport
- Artist’s view of Space Transportation’s major programmes from 2026 onwards – vertical
- Timelapse: four P160C boosters for Ariane 6 – from integration to launch
- European Flight Ticket Initiative opens to more launch service providers
- Ariane 6 flight VA269: Liftoff captured from the mobile gantry
- Ariane 6 flight VA269 – full replay
- Ariane 6 launches with more powerful boosters: a new record for Europe
- Liftoff: first Ariane 6 liftoff with P160C-based boosters
- Seen from above: liftoff of first Ariane 6 with P160C-based boosters
- First Ariane 6 liftoff with most powerful boosters
- Same rocket, new boost
- Astris key visual
- Spectrum’s qualifying second launch
- Stay smart on space chemical compliance
SpaceX Raptor Engine Test
Live Rocket Launch Streams
Watch real-time launch pad activity from major spaceports around the world — including SpaceX Starbase, Soyuz at Baikonur, NASA sites and more.
🚀 View Live Rocket Launch Streams