I don't know about you all, but it's been a sort of overly exciting week for me, so I'm gonna turn it down a little. So kick back, listen to some six-legged jazz, and take a break.
If that's still too exciting, try this.
And now, on with the show.
Let's start with the Seagull Nebula. (You can click through to X for a translation.)
Dejo por aquí esta imagen de la Nebulosa de la Gaviota, en paleta HOO, que tenía en el cajón desde mediados de enero. Son unas 3 horas de exposición con el 135mm.
— Enfermero Mileurista🌛 (@duemileurista) February 23, 2026
Buenas noches y buena guardia.
P.D.: esta semana la he vuelto a visitar con más focal 😉#CielosESA #Astrophotography pic.twitter.com/Bj7gWHfu1a
The Seagull probably needs a snack.
SH2-119 – The Clamshell Nebula
— astrojuanan (@astrojuanan) February 26, 2026
Acquisition data: Brian Diaz (Astroflorida)
Processing & editing: Astrojuanan
75h 50m total integration
Ha / SII / OIII – 3nm
A complex region where hydrogen and oxygen carve turbulent structures in the heart of Cygnus.#Astrophotography#Narrowband pic.twitter.com/sIiLzgkxQU
I've never been to Mallorca, but it looks great.
Milkyway in Es Pontás, Mallorca's Island.
— Astrofotografía A.R.B. (@AbelBorrasca) February 20, 2026
📸Astrophotography_A.R.B.#cielosESA #Astrophotography #milkyway #MSMN #nightphoto #SonyAlpha #samyang #astronomy #astronomyphotography pic.twitter.com/JKc8JFFro1
Camelopard is an old-fashioned word for giraffe.
AstroBin's Image of the Day: "The ice and the fire in Camelopardalis : Sh2-202, vdB 14/15" by Louis Leroux, TybR, Vincent Martin, Cédric de DECKER and French Amateur Collaborative Telescope - https://t.co/5QWjfSNJdm#astrophotography pic.twitter.com/H8B27XFJET
— AstroBin.com (@AstroBin_com) February 26, 2026
Sometimes, you just don't know what really happened. Lots of lovely questions here.
Astronomers have detected the echo of an invisible cosmic explosion.
— Black Hole (@konstructivizm) February 27, 2026
Using the Australian ASKAP radio telescope, scientists have detected a radio echo from the object ASKAP J005512-255834, which may be the result of an invisible gamma-ray burst or the disruption of a star by an… pic.twitter.com/o5uZaGqvLH
And here's the Milky Way's big brother.
Andromeda Galaxy🌌 pic.twitter.com/TXHoFj371Q
— For all Curious (@fascinatingonX) February 27, 2026
Hadley Rille was one of the targets of Apollo 15. As well as being interesting in its own right, these rilles are often collapsed lava tubes. Someday, Luna City might be in one.
Rima Hadley on February 25th
— Damian Peach🔭🪐 (@peachastro) February 27, 2026
Rima Hadley is one of the Moon's most striking features - a sinuous rille stretching about 80–135 km long, up to 1.5–2 km wide, and 400 m deep.
This narrow, winding valley, carved by ancient volcanic lava flows , snakes along the foot of the… pic.twitter.com/qRDqgq26Bn
I'd love to take this train sometime.
Norway has launched a dedicated Northern Lights Train experience, giving passengers a comfortable, immersive way to chase the aurora from the historic Ofoten Line.
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) February 27, 2026
Known as The Northern Lights Train (sometimes called the Midnight Aurora Route in viral posts), this seasonal… pic.twitter.com/4Xv61QlxfQ
Sunset (or sunrise).
Sunrise over Pitatus
— Damian Peach🔭🪐 (@peachastro) February 26, 2026
Imaging right at the lunar terminator present various technical challenges but it also gives an opportunity to enjoy unusual views under extreme lighting conditions which highlight even the slightest topographical variations in lunar features.
Just such an… pic.twitter.com/oqaJOiK3DD
A space brain sounds like a 50's B movie.
ICYMI: Astronomers are losing their minds over #NASAWebb’s latest images of the very brainy-looking nebula PMR 1. Its distinctive form is the result of a dying star expelling its outer layers: https://t.co/9ODt7icAl1 🔭 🧪 pic.twitter.com/MdMqwbCLcq
— Space Telescope Science Institute (@SpaceTelescope) February 27, 2026
Related: Sky Candy: There's No Place Like Home
There's big space news, too. The Artemis Program has had years of problems, largely (IMAO) because it was designed from the start to be the perfect Congressional program, with major subcontracts in every state and, as closely as possible, in every Congressional district. We now know it came close to major trouble in the last test flight. Isaacman has stepped in.
🚨Ahora: ¡¡CAMBIO TOTAL EN EL PROGRAMA ARTEMIS!! La NASA acaba de cancelar el alunizaje en la misión Artemis III. Pasarán a hacerla una misión en órbita baja para practicar con los alunizadores de SpaceX y/o Blue Origin en 2027.
— Frontera Espacial (@FronteraSpacial) February 27, 2026
¡¡Artemis IV y V serán las que alunicen en 2028!! pic.twitter.com/EeAU7QePui
And in November, a man-made object will be a full light-day from the Sun.
Fun fact.
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) February 27, 2026
In November 2026, NASA's Voyager 1 will become the first human-made object to reach a distance of one light-day from Earth (about 25.9 billion kilometers).
This milestone will be reached after more than 47 years of travel since its launch in 1977. pic.twitter.com/mtWi3FhLSn
Which is a lot of progress, for all the bumps on the road.
Come back next week for another Sky Candy.
