Sky Candy to the Max

If you ever get lost in the Milky Way galaxy, this is your map to get back to EARTH. https://t.co/umahfS9I9T

— Night Sky Today (@NightSkyToday) November 5, 2026

Tick tock.

R Aquarii is not one star, but a violent, 44-year dance between two. A cool, steadily burning white dwarf circles a swollen, wildly variable red giant only 650 light-years away. As they orbit, the white dwarf greedily pulls gas from its companion’s outer layers. Over decades that stolen material piles up on the white dwarf’s surface until it detonates in a thermonuclear flash. Astronomers have watched these outbursts in real time; the surrounding nebula still carries the scars of far older explosions. Hubble reveals the aftermath in glowing red and blue filaments of ejected gas, while Chandra’s X-rays (shown in purple) capture something even more dynamic: a narrow jet launched by the white dwarf slamming into the surrounding material at supersonic speeds. The collisions create shock waves that ripple outward like sonic booms, lighting up the debris in high-energy light. It is a living laboratory of stellar theft, repeated detonations, and jets carving through the remains of previous outbursts. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/STScI, Palomar Observatory, DSS; Radio: NSF/NRAO/VLA; H-Alpha: LCO/IMACS/MMTF

— Black Hole (@konstructivizm) November 4, 2026

There's currently a Community Note on this, warning it's false color. I suggested to Community Notes that they add a not-needed category for "No kidding?" No luck so far.

🚨: NASA has captured stunning pictures of NGC 2264, an open cluster of stars that resembles a giant Christmas tree. https://t.co/l3zPVfFUhv

— Night Sky Today (@NightSkyToday) November 4, 2026

Weather report from Mars.

🚨: NASA released a new Mars image showing real clouds 250 million miles away. These include rare iridescent clouds seen for the first time on another planet. https://t.co/U3JersduCz

— The Astronomy Guy (@astrooalert) November 3, 2026

Related: About That Russian Air Leak on the International Space Station...

The pun is worth it. Even if it is sort of spoiled if you know that it's actually pronounced more like "gock."

To Boldly Gogh where no van has Goghed before...

— ustonymc (@ustonymc) November 3, 2026

More weather from Mars.

Dawn on Mars - what a photograph! Wind-carved Martian cliffs, taken at 8:30 a.m. local Mars time by the @NASA Curiosity rover. https://t.co/rpM64Uicty https://t.co/T7QhLCri1f

— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) November 3, 2026

Solar weather report.

Little iPhone Duo Aurora photo from Maia last night on her tour from Fairbanks, Alaska! She texted me the photo earlier this morning. Looking forward to see the final images, but the snowstorm has finally blown over, and we’re enjoying the nice, clear skies and full moon auroras! Come book an aurora tour with us: https://t.co/odj6DQjMkH

— Vincent Ledvina (@Vincent_Ledvina) October 28, 2026

Whoever this Hoag guy was, he had a great eye.

The galaxy that looks too perfect to be real 💍✨ Meet Hoag’s Object — a flawless cosmic ring of newborn blue stars orbiting a glowing golden core of ancient suns. It drifts 600 million light-years away, and almost 75 years after its discovery, astronomers still can’t fully explain how something this precise could form. And if you look through the empty gap in the middle… there’s *another* ring galaxy hiding in the distance. A second impossible circle, perfectly framed by the first. 🤯 Some of the most beautiful things in the universe still refuse to be fully understood

— Black Hole (@konstructivizm) November 2, 2026

I know, Halloween was last week. I don't care.

Happy Halloween! https://t.co/LN5w5B4wJW

— Anil Menon (@astro_anil) October 31, 2026

Recommended: Boy you thought astronomers were bugged by all Musk's satellites. 

Always remember flowers.

"Rose in the Dust (Sh2-174 LRGB+HOO)" by Oleksiy Govorun, made with the TS-Optics 250mm/10" ONTC f/4 Newtonian (carbon tube) from AstroBin sponsor @TeleskopService. Learn more: https://t.co/VpBIy652tD View on AstroBin: https://t.co/qlSTPUlsnw #astrophotography https://t.co/wF73Tq0hAt

— AstroBin.com (@AstroBin_com) October 31, 2026

Don't get confused.

Because NASA is targeting the south pole of the moon the astronauts landing there are going to see the Earth 'upside down'. https://t.co/zlrt7Y7Lge

— Scott Manley (@DJSnM) October 26, 2026

NASA is offering boarding passes for the Dragonfly Titan mission. Here's mine.

If you hadn't already guessed, I'm all-in on exploring and colonizing space.

BREAKING: President Donald Trump has issued a formal White House proclamation declaring that outer space is open to human settlement and pledging to establish a permanent American presence beyond Earth. Titled “The American Declaration of Freedom in Space,” the proclamation states that the solar system and all of outer space are open to exploration, development and the establishment of a permanent presence by American citizens. Trump reaffirmed several major U.S. ambitions: • Return American astronauts to the Moon by 2028. • Establish the foundation for a permanent American lunar presence. • Accelerate efforts to send the first American astronauts to Mars. • Expand the commercial space industry and strengthen U.S. national security capabilities in orbit. The declaration emphasizes that space belongs to all humanity, with American exploration and development remaining subject to U.S. law and international obligations. The proclamation was signed November 3, 2026. Full White House declaration: https://t.co/mA2ftw86G3

— Outer Space Today (@outerspacetoday) November 4, 2026

So I owe everyone an apology — what with one thing and another, and two or three more, I just didn't get a Sunday Supplement out this week. I'll be better about it next Sunday.  And, of course, come back next Friday for more Sky Candy.

And yes, I am going to troll for more comments.