Tutti-Frutti Sky Candy

The Sun’s glint beams across the English Channel separating France and England who are competing in Saturday’s World Cup match. Across the Atlantic, South Florida’s sunlit coastline stands out from orbit by day, while at night the region lights up with festive city life —… pic.twitter.com/SJgeY1Sfkx

— International Space Station (@Space_Station) July 18, 2026

With a little luck this will be old news by the time you see Sky Candy today.

The colors tonight took my breath away. The fully stacked Starship sits bathed in the light from its last sunset on Earth.

T- 21 hours until the launch window opens. pic.twitter.com/iIIlZUy6Zs

— Andrew McCarthy (@AJamesMcCarthy) July 23, 2026

Looks like a fun neighborhood.

40 Eridani (Keid) is a triple star system: 40 Eri A (orange main-sequence star), 40 Eri B (white dwarf), and 40 Eri C (red dwarf). It's located about 16.3 light-years from Earth in the constellation Eridanus.

This is a real hi-resolution image of the system with added infograph. pic.twitter.com/2gOxKNU9D8

— Giuseppe Donatiello (@GJDonatiello) July 23, 2026

Even if the skyglow is getting you, this is still up there.

Dark Sky Treasures Above the Kalahari Desert 📍NAMIBIA pic.twitter.com/TK3UPVyxlp

— Aleix Roig (@astrocatinfo) July 16, 2026

I wouldn't leave you without some deep space photos.

M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy / NGC 5194) along with its smaller companion NGC 5195. Distance ~23–31 million light-years, diameter ~60–77 thousand ly, mass ~100–160 billion M☉. Constellation: Canes Venatici. Apparent magnitude +8.4ᵐ.
Image taken on the night of 11 August 2025. 386×10s… pic.twitter.com/to5mePztUi

— Rafał (@RafStargazer) July 18, 2026

Andrew has another epic picture coming out soon.

Don't let Starship's 13th flight test distract you from the fact that in 11 days I'll be revealing my first deep sky photo captured entirely with my largest telescope that took a year to bring online.

This project was a massive undertaking and I can't wait to share it with you! pic.twitter.com/ti8H3Ptpwx

— Andrew McCarthy (@AJamesMcCarthy) July 18, 2026

∏—Click through on this one; there's an interesting article.

"A very large emission nebula around Sadr in Cygnus, spanning many degrees (30 times the full Moon). Quite close to the Crescent nebula."

https://t.co/8eIKlP2k94

— 3.14159 (@2357111317) July 19, 2026

Antares is one of the first stars for which I learned the name.

This is the Rho Ophiuchi complex, a stellar nursery and molecular cloud in the constellation Ophiuchus. The big “star” of the show is Antares, with its Orange glow shining upon the dusty tapestry surrounding it.

If you’d like to see more of stuff like this,
Support me on… pic.twitter.com/jRInAoG3z1

— Josh McCollum Astro (@joshstelescope) July 19, 2026

Uhura sang about it.

A reminder.

57 years ago the Eagle touched down on the lunar surface & raised the bar for humanity moving forward. Apollo remained the high point in human spaceflight ever since.

Artemis carries the torch lit by the Apollo crews, and our return has already begun.

We’re going. pic.twitter.com/5SCSBqUjTV

— Andrew McCarthy (@AJamesMcCarthy) July 20, 2026

On This Day 1969 - Apollo 11 Landing on the Moon HD from LM Window

Footage of the first moon landing in July 1969 from lunar orbit all the way down to the surface, as seen from the Apollo 11 Lunar Module piloted by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. The footage was filmed on the… pic.twitter.com/IfgGNaP49f

— Mike Constantine (@Moonpans) July 20, 2026

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon. pic.twitter.com/Du1e3VuQUB

— NASA (@NASA) July 20, 2026

This looks like a handy site for moonwatchers.

New SkyCalPro Release!🌙
I've now released a much larger catalogue of lunar surfaces features. You can now find the viewing times 2,800 lunar objects such as Craters, Mountains, Ridges, Trenches, Valleys, Seas, Lakes, Plains and Bayshttps://t.co/IDLDmSiYww#MoonHour #Astronomy

— SkyCalPro (@SkyCalPro) July 18, 2026

And that's the week that was. (Remember the show?)

Come back next week, and watch for the upcoming science columns.