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• 12 Nov 2024 (3 hours away): Lunar occultation of Neptune

  11-11-2024 22:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Neptune, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Canada, the Contiguous United States, Greenland and Mexico amongst others.
  
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• 12 Nov 2024 (4 hours away): Lunar occultation of Neptune

  11-11-2024 22:12 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Neptune, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Canada, the Contiguous United States, Greenland and Mexico amongst others.
  
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• US Congress will hold another UFO hearing this week. Here's how to watch

  11-11-2024 22:00 via space.com
  
  Congress will hold its second hearing in two years aimed at gathering testimony about alleged UFO retrieval programs and the U.S. government's attempt to hide them.
  
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• 12 Nov 2024 (5 hours away): Lunar occultation of Neptune

  11-11-2024 21:14 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Neptune, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Canada, the Contiguous United States, Greenland and Mexico amongst others.
  
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• Top space gifts from Best Buy this Black Friday

  11-11-2024 21:00 via space.com
  
  If you're anti-Amazon, we've rounded up the top space gifts from Best Buy you can find this Black Friday.
  
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• What a 2nd Trump administration could mean for NASA and space exploration

  11-11-2024 20:46 via space.com
  
  Former President Donald J. Trump's return to the White House next January will likely bring big changes to NASA's Artemis program and a renewed sense of urgency to a crewed landing on the moon.
  
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• 12 Nov 2024 (6 hours away): Lunar occultation of Neptune

  11-11-2024 20:22 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Neptune, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Canada, the Contiguous United States, Greenland and Mexico amongst others.
  
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• The US is now at risk of losing to China in the race to send people back to the Moon’s surface

  11-11-2024 20:00 via space.com
  
  In all, 12 Americans landed on the lunar surface between 1969 and 1972. Now, both the US and China are preparing to send humans back there this decade.
  
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• 12 Nov 2024 (7 hours away): Lunar occultation of Neptune

  11-11-2024 19:30 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Neptune, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Canada, the Contiguous United States, Greenland and Mexico amongst others.
  
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• Starlink satellite falls to Earth, burns up as stunning fireball over US (video)

  11-11-2024 19:21 via space.com
  
  A brilliant fireball that lit up the skies over four U.S. states this weekend is reported to be from the fiery reentry of a SpaceX Starlink satellite.
  
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• Jupiter's storms and its 'potato' moon Amalthea stun in new NASA Juno probe images

  11-11-2024 19:01 via space.com
  
  NASA's Juno spacecraft has sent back stunning photos of Jupiter, including colorful, chaotic storms swirling through the planet’s atmosphere.
  
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• 12 Nov 2024 (8 hours away): Lunar occultation of Neptune

  11-11-2024 18:07 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Neptune, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Canada, the Contiguous United States, Greenland and Mexico amongst others.
  
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• At 60 years, monument to NASA's Project Mercury still stands, but what of its time capsule?

  11-11-2024 18:00 via space.com
  
  A 60-year-old tribute to America's first human spaceflight program is standing up to the test of time, but what about the contents of its time capsule not to be opened until 2464?
  
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• 12 Nov 2024 (9 hours away): Lunar occultation of Neptune

  11-11-2024 17:30 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Neptune, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Canada, the Contiguous United States, Greenland and Mexico amongst others.
  
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• Everything we know about Exodus, the new sci-fi game from ex-BioWare developers

  11-11-2024 17:01 via space.com
  
  While we wait for the next Mass Effect game, ex-BioWare devs have teamed up with other AAA talent to create new space RPG Exodus.
  
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• 12 Nov 2024 (10 hours away): Lunar occultation of Neptune

  11-11-2024 16:46 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Neptune, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Canada, the Contiguous United States, Greenland and Mexico amongst others.
  
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• How can Jupiter have no surface? A dive into a planet so big, it could swallow 1,000 Earths

  11-11-2024 16:00 via space.com
  
  Jupiter has no solid ground, like the grass or dirt you tread here on Earth. But how can that be? If Jupiter doesn’t have a surface, what does it have?
  
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• Star cities: New 3D view of globular clusters illuminates their origins (photo)

  11-11-2024 15:00 via space.com
  
  Astrophysicists have reconstructed the movement of stars within globular clusters to understand their evolution and origin.
  
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• 12 Nov 2024 (11 hours away): Lunar occultation of Neptune

  11-11-2024 14:59 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Neptune, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Canada, the Contiguous United States, Greenland and Mexico amongst others.
  
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• 12 Nov 2024 (12 hours away): Lunar occultation of Neptune

  11-11-2024 14:14 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Neptune, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Canada, the Contiguous United States, Greenland and Mexico amongst others.
  
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• Watch SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch KoreaSat-6A satellite today on record-tying 23rd flight (video)

  11-11-2024 14:00 via space.com
  
  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch the KoreaSat-6A telecom satellite today (Nov. 11). It will be the 23rd flight for the rocket's first stage, tying a company record.
  
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• SpaceX rocket launches Koreasat-6A satellite, lands Falcon 9 booster on record-tying 23rd flight (video)

  11-11-2024 14:00 via space.com
  
  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocketlaunched the KoreaSat-6A telecom satellite today. It was be the 23rd flight for the rocket's first stage, tying a company record.
  
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• SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching KoreaSat-6A satellite today on record-tying 23rd flight

  11-11-2024 14:00 via space.com
  
  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch the KoreaSat-6A telecom satellite today (Nov. 11). It will be the 23rd flight for the rocket's first stage, tying a company record.
  
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• 12 Nov 2024 (13 hours away): Lunar occultation of Neptune

  11-11-2024 13:30 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Neptune, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Canada, the Contiguous United States, Greenland and Mexico amongst others.
  
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• 12 Nov 2024 (14 hours away): Lunar occultation of Neptune

  11-11-2024 12:24 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Neptune, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Canada, the Contiguous United States, Greenland and Mexico amongst others.
  
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• Supermassive black holes prefer to eat from wobbly plates

  11-11-2024 12:00 via space.com
  
  Researchers have discovered the first evidence that the brightest accretion disks around supermassive black holes "wobble" as their monstrous occupants drag them around.
  
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• 12 Nov 2024 (15 hours away): Lunar occultation of Neptune

  11-11-2024 10:56 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Neptune, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Canada, the Contiguous United States, Greenland and Mexico amongst others.
  
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• 12 Nov 2024 (16 hours away): Lunar occultation of Neptune

  11-11-2024 10:17 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Neptune, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Canada, the Contiguous United States, Greenland and Mexico amongst others.
  
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• 12 Nov 2024 (17 hours away): Lunar occultation of Neptune

  11-11-2024 09:11 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Neptune, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Canada, the Contiguous United States, Greenland and Mexico amongst others.
  
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• 12 Nov 2024 (18 hours away): Lunar occultation of Neptune

  11-11-2024 08:32 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Neptune, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Canada, the Contiguous United States, Greenland and Mexico amongst others.
  
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• 12 Nov 2024 (19 hours away): Lunar occultation of Neptune

  11-11-2024 06:56 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Neptune, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Canada, the Contiguous United States, Greenland and Mexico amongst others.
  
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• 12 Nov 2024 (20 hours away): Lunar occultation of Neptune

  11-11-2024 06:22 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Neptune, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Canada, the Contiguous United States, Greenland and Mexico amongst others.
  
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• 12 Nov 2024 (21 hours away): Lunar occultation of Neptune

  11-11-2024 05:18 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Neptune, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Canada, the Contiguous United States, Greenland and Mexico amongst others.
  
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• 12 Nov 2024 (22 hours away): Lunar occultation of Neptune

  11-11-2024 04:18 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Neptune, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Canada, the Contiguous United States, Greenland and Mexico amongst others.
  
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• 12 Nov 2024 (23 hours away): Lunar occultation of Neptune

  11-11-2024 03:20 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Neptune, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Canada, the Contiguous United States, Greenland and Mexico amongst others.
  
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• 15 Nov 2024 (4 days away): Saturn ends retrograde motion

  11-11-2024 02:46 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Saturn returns to its usual eastward motion after opposition.
  
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• 14 Nov 2024 (3 days away): The Moon at perigee

  11-11-2024 02:46 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon makes its monthly closest approach to the Earth, making it appear fractionally larger than at other times of the month.
  
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• 14 Nov 2024 (3 days away): The Moon at aphelion

  11-11-2024 02:46 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon.
  
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• 11 Nov 2024 (Yesterday): Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn

  11-11-2024 02:42 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 5'18".
  
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• 11 Nov 2024 (9 hours ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn

  11-11-2024 02:42 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 5'18".
  
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• 11 Nov 2024 (8 hours ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn

  11-11-2024 02:42 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 5'18".
  
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• 11 Nov 2024 (7 hours ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn

  11-11-2024 02:42 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 5'18".
  
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• 11 Nov 2024 (6 hours ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn

  11-11-2024 02:42 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 5'18".
  
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• 11 Nov 2024 (5 hours ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn

  11-11-2024 02:42 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 5'18".
  
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• 11 Nov 2024 (4 hours ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn

  11-11-2024 02:42 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 5'18".
  
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• 11 Nov 2024 (4 days ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn

  11-11-2024 02:42 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 5'18".
  
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• 11 Nov 2024 (37 minutes ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn

  11-11-2024 02:42 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 5'18".
  
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• 11 Nov 2024 (3 minutes ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn

  11-11-2024 02:42 via in-the-sky.org
  The Moon and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 5'18".
  
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• 11 Nov 2024 (3 hours ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn

  11-11-2024 02:42 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 5'18".
  
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• 11 Nov 2024 (3 days ago): Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn

  11-11-2024 02:42 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 5'18".
  
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