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• 01 Dec 2022 (15 hours away): Asteroid 349 Dembowska at opposition

  30-11-2022 23:50 via in-the-sky.org
  Asteroid 349 Dembowska makes closest approach to the Earth.
  
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• 01 Dec 2022 (3 hours away): Mars at perigee

  30-11-2022 23:16 via in-the-sky.org
  Mars reaches its closest point to the Earth.
  
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• A Voyager probe becomes an alien survival tool in Image Comics' sci-fi series 'Voyagis'

  30-11-2022 23:00 via space.com
  
  Image Comics' wild new sci-fi miniseries, "Voyagis," entered our orbit on Nov. 16 with a callback to NASA's Voyager probe.
  
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• 01 Dec 2022 (16 hours away): Asteroid 349 Dembowska at opposition

  30-11-2022 22:41 via in-the-sky.org
  Asteroid 349 Dembowska makes closest approach to the Earth.
  
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• 01 Dec 2022 (4 hours away): Mars at perigee

  30-11-2022 22:15 via in-the-sky.org
  Mars reaches its closest point to the Earth.
  
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• Satellites track glowing lava from Hawaii's Mauna Loa eruption (photos)

  30-11-2022 21:30 via space.com
  
  Satellites are watching closely as the world's largest volcano erupts for the first time in decades.
  
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• 01 Dec 2022 (5 hours away): Mars at perigee

  30-11-2022 21:25 via in-the-sky.org
  Mars reaches its closest point to the Earth.
  
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• 01 Dec 2022 (17 hours away): Asteroid 349 Dembowska at opposition

  30-11-2022 21:25 via in-the-sky.org
  Asteroid 349 Dembowska makes closest approach to the Earth.
  
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• 2 minerals never seen before on Earth found inside 17-ton meteorite

  30-11-2022 21:06 via space.com
  
  The minerals were found inside a slice of the El Ali meteorite, which was discovered in Somalia in 2020.
  
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• 01 Dec 2022 (18 hours away): Asteroid 349 Dembowska at opposition

  30-11-2022 20:43 via in-the-sky.org
  Asteroid 349 Dembowska makes closest approach to the Earth.
  
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• Breakthrough wormhole simulation may unite quantum physics and general relativity

  30-11-2022 20:30 via space.com
  
  A quantum experiment has been used to model the dynamics of a wormhole, which could be the key to uniting quantum physics and Einstein's general relativity.
  
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• 01 Dec 2022 (6 hours away): Mars at perigee

  30-11-2022 20:16 via in-the-sky.org
  Mars reaches its closest point to the Earth.
  
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• Astronomers denounce super-bright new BlueWalker 3 satellite

  30-11-2022 20:00 via space.com
  
  Astronomers are increasingly concerned about the future of the night sky as new images show shocking trails left by a massive communications satellite against otherwise clear, dark patches of sky.
  
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• 01 Dec 2022 (19 hours away): Asteroid 349 Dembowska at opposition

  30-11-2022 19:46 via in-the-sky.org
  Asteroid 349 Dembowska makes closest approach to the Earth.
  
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• 01 Dec 2022 (7 hours away): Mars at perigee

  30-11-2022 19:20 via in-the-sky.org
  Mars reaches its closest point to the Earth.
  
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• Russia launches final GLONASS-M navigation satellite into orbit

  30-11-2022 19:00 via space.com
  
  Russia added another piece to its GLONASS satellite-navigation network on Monday (Nov. 28).
  
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• 01 Dec 2022 (8 hours away): Mars at perigee

  30-11-2022 18:29 via in-the-sky.org
  Mars reaches its closest point to the Earth.
  
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• 01 Dec 2022 (20 hours away): Asteroid 349 Dembowska at opposition

  30-11-2022 18:29 via in-the-sky.org
  Asteroid 349 Dembowska makes closest approach to the Earth.
  
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• 10 strange things NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft took to the moon

  30-11-2022 18:00 via space.com
  
  NASA's uncrewed Artemis 1 moon mission is full of passengers, we take a look at some of the strangest items hitching a ride here.
  
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• 01 Dec 2022 (9 hours away): Mars at perigee

  30-11-2022 17:36 via in-the-sky.org
  Mars reaches its closest point to the Earth.
  
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• 01 Dec 2022 (21 hours away): Asteroid 349 Dembowska at opposition

  30-11-2022 17:36 via in-the-sky.org
  Asteroid 349 Dembowska makes closest approach to the Earth.
  
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• Super-distant black hole is eating half a sun a year and blasting its leftovers at Earth

  30-11-2022 17:02 via space.com
  
  Astronomers have made the most distant observation of a black hole ripping apart a star and feasting upon it, thanks to a jet of stellar "leftovers" blasted directly toward Earth.
  
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• 01 Dec 2022 (22 hours away): Asteroid 349 Dembowska at opposition

  30-11-2022 16:50 via in-the-sky.org
  Asteroid 349 Dembowska makes closest approach to the Earth.
  
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• SpaceX delays launch of Japanese moon lander for last-minute rocket checks

  30-11-2022 16:28 via space.com
  
  SpaceX delayed the launch of Japan's Hakuto-R moon lander carrying a United Arab Emirates' rover until Thursday (Dec. 1) at 3:37 a.m. EST (0837 GMT) to allow for additional pre-flight checks.
  
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• 01 Dec 2022 (10 hours away): Mars at perigee

  30-11-2022 16:19 via in-the-sky.org
  Mars reaches its closest point to the Earth.
  
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• Lab-grown black hole may prove Stephen Hawking's most challenging theory right

  30-11-2022 16:00 via space.com
  
  By using a chain of atoms to simulate a black hole's event horizon, researchers have shown that Hawking radiation may exist just as the late physicist described.
  
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• 05 Dec 2022 (5 days away): Lunar occultation of Uranus

  30-11-2022 15:47 via in-the-sky.org
  The Moon will pass in front of Uranus, creating a lunar occultation visible from parts of Asia, Northern Africa, Northern Europe and Greenland.
  
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• 01 Dec 2022 (23 hours away): Asteroid 349 Dembowska at opposition

  30-11-2022 15:47 via in-the-sky.org
  Asteroid 349 Dembowska makes closest approach to the Earth.
  
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• 30 Nov 2022 (Yesterday): Moon at First Quarter

  30-11-2022 15:37 via in-the-sky.org
  The Moon appears high in the sky at sunset and sets in the west at around midnight.
  
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• 30 Nov 2022 (9 hours ago): Moon at First Quarter

  30-11-2022 15:37 via in-the-sky.org
  The Moon appears high in the sky at sunset and sets in the west at around midnight.
  
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• 30 Nov 2022 (8 hours ago): Moon at First Quarter

  30-11-2022 15:37 via in-the-sky.org
  The Moon appears high in the sky at sunset and sets in the west at around midnight.
  
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• 30 Nov 2022 (7 hours ago): Moon at First Quarter

  30-11-2022 15:37 via in-the-sky.org
  The Moon appears high in the sky at sunset and sets in the west at around midnight.
  
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• 30 Nov 2022 (6 hours ago): Moon at First Quarter

  30-11-2022 15:37 via in-the-sky.org
  The Moon appears high in the sky at sunset and sets in the west at around midnight.
  
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• 30 Nov 2022 (5 hours ago): Moon at First Quarter

  30-11-2022 15:37 via in-the-sky.org
  The Moon appears high in the sky at sunset and sets in the west at around midnight.
  
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• 30 Nov 2022 (5 days ago): Moon at First Quarter

  30-11-2022 15:37 via in-the-sky.org
  The Moon appears high in the sky at sunset and sets in the west at around midnight.
  
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• 30 Nov 2022 (42 minutes ago): Moon at First Quarter

  30-11-2022 15:37 via in-the-sky.org
  The Moon appears high in the sky at sunset and sets in the west at around midnight.
  
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• 30 Nov 2022 (4 hours ago): Moon at First Quarter

  30-11-2022 15:37 via in-the-sky.org
  The Moon appears high in the sky at sunset and sets in the west at around midnight.
  
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• 30 Nov 2022 (4 days ago): Moon at First Quarter

  30-11-2022 15:37 via in-the-sky.org
  The Moon appears high in the sky at sunset and sets in the west at around midnight.
  
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• 30 Nov 2022 (3 hours ago): Moon at First Quarter

  30-11-2022 15:37 via in-the-sky.org
  The Moon appears high in the sky at sunset and sets in the west at around midnight.
  
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• 30 Nov 2022 (3 days ago): Moon at First Quarter

  30-11-2022 15:37 via in-the-sky.org
  The Moon appears high in the sky at sunset and sets in the west at around midnight.
  
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• 30 Nov 2022 (23 hours ago): Moon at First Quarter

  30-11-2022 15:37 via in-the-sky.org
  The Moon appears high in the sky at sunset and sets in the west at around midnight.
  
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• 30 Nov 2022 (22 hours ago): Moon at First Quarter

  30-11-2022 15:37 via in-the-sky.org
  The Moon appears high in the sky at sunset and sets in the west at around midnight.
  
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• 30 Nov 2022 (21 hours ago): Moon at First Quarter

  30-11-2022 15:37 via in-the-sky.org
  The Moon appears high in the sky at sunset and sets in the west at around midnight.
  
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• 30 Nov 2022 (20 hours ago): Moon at First Quarter

  30-11-2022 15:37 via in-the-sky.org
  The Moon appears high in the sky at sunset and sets in the west at around midnight.
  
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• 30 Nov 2022 (2 hours ago): Moon at First Quarter

  30-11-2022 15:37 via in-the-sky.org
  The Moon appears high in the sky at sunset and sets in the west at around midnight.
  
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• 30 Nov 2022 (2 days ago): Moon at First Quarter

  30-11-2022 15:37 via in-the-sky.org
  The Moon appears high in the sky at sunset and sets in the west at around midnight.
  
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• 30 Nov 2022 (19 hours ago): Moon at First Quarter

  30-11-2022 15:37 via in-the-sky.org
  The Moon appears high in the sky at sunset and sets in the west at around midnight.
  
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• 30 Nov 2022 (18 hours ago): Moon at First Quarter

  30-11-2022 15:37 via in-the-sky.org
  The Moon appears high in the sky at sunset and sets in the west at around midnight.
  
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• 30 Nov 2022 (17 hours ago): Moon at First Quarter

  30-11-2022 15:37 via in-the-sky.org
  The Moon appears high in the sky at sunset and sets in the west at around midnight.
  
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• 30 Nov 2022 (16 hours ago): Moon at First Quarter

  30-11-2022 15:37 via in-the-sky.org
  The Moon appears high in the sky at sunset and sets in the west at around midnight.
  
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