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• New Map of Saturn's Moon Titan Reveals a Liquid-Filled World

  20-11-2019 16:00 via Space.com
  
  A new geologic map of Saturn's large moon Titan reveals just how much liquid this world holds.
  
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• On This Day in Space! Nov. 20, 1998: International Space Station Construction Begins

  20-11-2019 13:36 via Space.com
  
  On Nov. 20, 1998, the first piece of the International Space Station launched into orbit.See how it happened in our On This Day in Space video series!
  
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• M8 Lagoon Nebula just after sunset

  20-11-2019 13:21 via Sky & Telescope
  
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• 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' – A Closer Look at The Final Trailer

  20-11-2019 13:20 via Space.com
  
  Will Rey and Kylo Ren join forces to defeat the new threat of Emperor Palpatine?
  
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• Legendary Meteor Outburst May Occur Thursday Night. Here's What to Know

  20-11-2019 13:12 via Space.com
  
  Put a big red circle on your calendar for Thursday night (Nov. 21), for skywatchers will be out in force, anxiously waiting for and hoping to get a view of a meteor shower that almost nobody has heard of.
  
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• Scientists Want NASA to Send a Flagship Mission to Venus

  20-11-2019 13:06 via Space.com
  
  NASA has asked a team of scientists to figure out what they could learn from sending a major mission to Venus and how such a mission might work.
  
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• Objective Reality Doesn't Exist, Quantum Experiment Shows

  20-11-2019 13:06 via Space.com
  
  A quantum experiment raises deeply philosophical questions about the fundamental nature of reality.
  
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• 25 Nov 2019 (5 days away): Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury

  20-11-2019 01:08 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°54'.
  
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• 24 Nov 2019 (4 days away): Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter

  20-11-2019 01:08 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  Venus and Jupiter share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°24'.
  
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• 24 Nov 2019 (4 days away): Conjunction of the Moon and Mars

  20-11-2019 01:08 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 4°20'.
  
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• 24 Nov 2019 (4 days away): Close approach of Venus and Jupiter

  20-11-2019 01:08 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  Venus and Jupiter pass within 1°24' of each other.
  
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• 23 Nov 2019 (3 days away): The Moon at perigee

  20-11-2019 01:08 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon appears large as it makes its closest approach to the Earth.
  
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• 22 Nov 2019 (2 days away): α-Monocerotid meteor shower

  20-11-2019 01:08 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The α-Monocerotid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• Boeing Objects to NASA Inspector General's Commercial Crew Report

  19-11-2019 23:32 via Space.com
  
  Boeing is fighting back against a recent report on NASA's Commercial Crew Program from the agency's Office of Inspector General.
  
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• Chinese Kuaizhou-1A Rocket Launches 2 More Satellites into Orbit

  19-11-2019 22:27 via Space.com
  
  China successfully sent another two multimedia satellites into orbit, according to a state news report.
  
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• 25 Nov 2019 (6 days away): Conjunction of the Moon and Mercury

  19-11-2019 22:16 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon and Mercury share the same right ascension, at a separation of 1°54'.
  
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• 19 Nov 2019 (9 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-11-2019 22:12 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 19 Nov 2019 (8 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-11-2019 22:12 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 19 Nov 2019 (7 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-11-2019 22:12 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 19 Nov 2019 (6 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-11-2019 22:12 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 19 Nov 2019 (5 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-11-2019 22:12 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 19 Nov 2019 (43 minutes ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-11-2019 22:12 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 19 Nov 2019 (4 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-11-2019 22:12 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 19 Nov 2019 (3 minutes ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-11-2019 22:12 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 19 Nov 2019 (3 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-11-2019 22:12 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 19 Nov 2019 (2 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-11-2019 22:12 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 19 Nov 2019 (18 minutes ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-11-2019 22:12 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 19 Nov 2019 (18 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-11-2019 22:12 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 19 Nov 2019 (17 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-11-2019 22:12 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 19 Nov 2019 (16 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-11-2019 22:12 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 19 Nov 2019 (15 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-11-2019 22:12 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 19 Nov 2019 (14 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-11-2019 22:12 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 19 Nov 2019 (13 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-11-2019 22:12 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 19 Nov 2019 (12 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-11-2019 22:12 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 19 Nov 2019 (11 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-11-2019 22:12 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 19 Nov 2019 (10 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-11-2019 22:12 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 19 Nov 2019 (1 hour ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-11-2019 22:12 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 19 Nov 2019 (19 minutes away): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-11-2019 21:53 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 19 Nov 2019 (34 minutes away): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-11-2019 21:37 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 19 Nov 2019 (58 minutes away): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-11-2019 21:14 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• SpaceX's Full-Size Starship Prototype Takes Its 1st 'Breath'

  19-11-2019 20:46 via Space.com
  
  The full-size Starship Mk1 vehicle "breathed" during an apparent pressure test yesterday evening (Nov. 18) at SpaceX's facilities near the South Texas village of Boca Chica.
  
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• 19 Nov 2019 (1 hour away): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-11-2019 20:36 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• Mira, the Pulsing 'Wonderful Star,' Flashes into Sight This Week

  19-11-2019 19:19 via Space.com
  
  This week, the variable star Mira reaches its highest point, roughly halfway up in the southern sky at around 10 p.m. local time.
  
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• 19 Nov 2019 (2 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-11-2019 19:18 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 19 Nov 2019 (3 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-11-2019 18:25 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 19 Nov 2019 (4 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-11-2019 17:43 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 50 Years Ago, Apollo 12 Astronauts Walked on the Moon. They Had the Funniest Crew

  19-11-2019 16:53 via Space.com
  
  Apollo 11 may have made history as the first mission to land humans on the moon, but Apollo 12 had the funniest crew.
  
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• 19 Nov 2019 (5 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-11-2019 16:33 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• 19 Nov 2019 (6 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  19-11-2019 15:18 via Astronomy News visible from latitude 51.51°N
  The Moon rises in the east at around midnight and appears high in the sky at sunrise.
  
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• Meet Altair, the Eagle’s Eye

  19-11-2019 15:00 via Sky & Telescope
  
  Altair, centerpiece of Aqulia, the Eagle, is the twelfth-brightest star in the night sky and one of the closest stars to Earth.
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