Sky Candy: There's No Place Like Home

Not sure why this of all posts is the one going “viral,” but I’ll take it lol. I don’t really have anything to promote, I'm just a college student studying meteorology who enjoys analyzing tornado damage, along with storm and astrophotography.

I occasionally post my tornado… pic.twitter.com/My3XjI7atU

— Nick Krasznavolgyi (@NickKrasz_Wx) February 12, 2026

Sometimes they'll be talking about cleaning up.

Year-Old Spacecraft On Pause To Keep It From Crashing Into Earth: NASA is racing to save an aging space telescope before it burns up in Earth's atmosphere. To do that, the space agency has recently limited the mission' https://t.co/30MX5RWOi1 pic.twitter.com/OPhaSnfNTm

— System Publisher (@sypuber) February 12, 2026

It's a busy neighborhood.

Could the remains of a 'dead' comet still be in the solar system? https://t.co/WjPN0GowFv

— Astronomy Daily (@AstroDailyPod) February 12, 2026

But to look back, you have to go someplace new.

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Early Tomorrow
SpaceX launch
Crew-12 astronaut mission to
The International Space Station on Feb. 13, at 5:15 a.m. EST.

The four-person Crew-12 mission is scheduled to launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.https://t.co/pValCK6mCC

— Carolyn K Walker (@CarolynKWalker1) February 12, 2026

So much to see.

My latest capture - a galaxy (NGC 1300) that is slightly larger than our own Milky Way. It's approximately 61–69 million light-years away. The galaxy above it is a smaller elliptical galaxy (NGC 1297), 80 million light-years away. It was discovered in 1966. pic.twitter.com/bf71ZJJTSB

— Chuck's Astrophotography (@chucksastropho1) February 10, 2026

Everywhere you look.

The skies have been truly awful 😖 so we have found some untouched data we captured several weeks apart and slung it together. I processed it last night, resulting in this version of the Rosette Nebula. Hope you like it #astrophotography #space #sciart pic.twitter.com/vUDzq7gDWP

— Daydream Astro🌍🌈⃤ (@DaydreamAstro) February 8, 2026

It's all in motion.

Here is Fornax A (NGC 1316) and Fornax B (NGC 1317). NGC 1316 is a violent lenticular galaxy - a cross between an elliptical and spiral galaxy. The galaxy is a "cosmic cannibal," showing clear evidence of having engulfed smaller, gas-rich spiral galaxies in the past. pic.twitter.com/PH6pjT0Nq7

— Chuck's Astrophotography (@chucksastropho1) February 12, 2026

Still so much to do.

But so much to come.

Musk needed a new vision for SpaceX and xAI. He landed on Moonbase Alpha. https://t.co/hq03Uw0KHE pic.twitter.com/y81n6dqOdc

— Hala Bughazi (@HalaBughazi) February 12, 2026

I'll have a series of articles about Musk, the Moon, and Mars coming soon, but this gives a hint of what Musk is up to. So watch this space.

And come back for more Sky Candy next Friday.

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