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• SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch NASA's epic Dragonfly mission to Saturn's huge moon Titan in 2028

  25-11-2024 23:35 via space.com
  
  NASA has picked SpaceX to launch its Dragonfly astrobiology mission to the intriguing Saturn moon Titan. A Falcon Heavy will loft Dragonfly in July 2028.
  
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• NASA's nuclear-powered Dragonfly helicopter will ride a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket toward Saturn moon Titan

  25-11-2024 23:35 via space.com
  
  NASA has picked SpaceX to launch its Dragonfly astrobiology mission to the intriguing Saturn moon Titan. A Falcon Heavy will loft Dragonfly in July 2028.
  
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• 26 Nov 2024 (13 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  25-11-2024 23:01 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• The Sombrero Galaxy's star-forming days are nearly over — and the James Webb Space Telescope may know why

  25-11-2024 23:00 via space.com
  
  A brand-new James Webb Space Telescope image captures the steady, slow lifestyle of the distinctive Sombrero Galaxy.
  
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• 26 Nov 2024 (14 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  25-11-2024 22:10 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• How does spaceflight affect astronauts' brains? There's good news and bad

  25-11-2024 22:00 via space.com
  
  Long-duration spaceflight affects some aspects of astronauts' cognitive health, but the observed impairment was not found to be lasting, a new study finds.
  
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• 26 Nov 2024 (15 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  25-11-2024 21:21 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• Neptune and Uranus have a magnetic mystery — but the case may finally be cracked

  25-11-2024 21:01 via space.com
  
  We may know why Uranus and Neptune lack dipole magnetic fields, at last.
  
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• 26 Nov 2024 (16 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  25-11-2024 20:30 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• Huge Black Friday streaming deal: 75% off a year of Peacock

  25-11-2024 20:19 via space.com
  
  Get an entire year of Peacock for just $19.99 as the streaming platform is offering 75% off this Black Friday.
  
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• 'Unexpected odor' on Russian spacecraft delays cargo delivery for ISS astronauts

  25-11-2024 20:11 via space.com
  
  A Progress spacecraft at the ISS has a strange smell and unusual droplets after arriving at the ISS, NASA reported. Troubleshooting is ongoing, but its hatch is closed for now.
  
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• Russian cargo spacecraft's 'unexpected odor' delays delivery to astronauts on ISS

  25-11-2024 20:11 via space.com
  
  A Progress spacecraft at the ISS has a strange smell and unusual droplets after arriving at the ISS, NASA reported. Troubleshooting is ongoing, but its hatch is closed for now.
  
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• James Webb Space Telescope 'pushed to its limits' to see most distant galaxies ever

  25-11-2024 20:00 via space.com
  
  The James Webb Space Telescope may have broken another of its own records, finding potentially five of the earliest and most distant galaxies ever seen.
  
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• 'We didn't know what it was at first.' NASA aircraft uncovers site of secret Cold War nuclear missile tunnels under Greenland ice sheet

  25-11-2024 19:57 via space.com
  
  NASA scientists conducting surveys of arctic ice sheets in Greenland got an unprecedented view of an abandoned "city under the ice" built by the U.S. military during the Cold War.
  
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• NASA aircraft uncovers site of secret Cold War nuclear missile tunnels under Greenland ice sheet

  25-11-2024 19:57 via space.com
  
  NASA scientists conducting surveys of arctic ice sheets in Greenland got an unprecedented view of an abandoned "city under the ice" built by the U.S. military during the Cold War.
  
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• How do astronauts weigh themselves in space?

  25-11-2024 19:00 via space.com
  
  In microgravity, astronauts must measure their mass, not their weight, which they can do with two devices on the ISS.
  
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• 26 Nov 2024 (17 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  25-11-2024 18:59 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• Firefly Aerospace completes Blue Ghost moon lander for January 2025 SpaceX launch

  25-11-2024 18:35 via space.com
  
  Firefly Aerospace announced its Blue Ghost lunar lander has completed testing and will now be shipped to Florida ahead of its planned January 2025 launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
  
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• 26 Nov 2024 (18 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  25-11-2024 18:14 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• Scientists find highest energy cosmic ray electrons ever seen

  25-11-2024 18:01 via space.com
  
  Scientists with the HESS Observatory have identified the most energetic cosmic electrons ever observed. What could this mean for our understanding of the universe?
  
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• 26 Nov 2024 (19 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  25-11-2024 17:27 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• 'Dune: Prophecy:' What's the deal with Desmond Hart's demonic powers?

  25-11-2024 17:00 via space.com
  
  The second episode of "Dune: Prophecy," "Two Wolves," explores the mysterious character Desmond Hart who appears to have gained unexplained powers after being swallowed by a sandworm.
  
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• 26 Nov 2024 (20 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  25-11-2024 16:31 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• Watch SpaceX Starship flight 6 splash down in amazing 'buoycam' footage (video)

  25-11-2024 15:59 via space.com
  
  A camera set up on a buoy in the Indian Ocean caught the end of the sixth test flight of SpaceX's Starship megarocket on Nov. 19.
  
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• Strange 'zebra' patterns are coming from the Crab Nebula — this physicist finally figured out why

  25-11-2024 15:00 via space.com
  
  There are strange "zebra" patterns coming from the Crab Nebula, and the reason has to do with plasma refraction.
  
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• 26 Nov 2024 (21 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  25-11-2024 14:57 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• NASA satellites reveal Earth's continents are getting drier

  25-11-2024 14:00 via space.com
  
  Data from NASA satellites show a plunge in freshwater on Earth since May 2014, with 13 of the 30 most powerful droughts across the globe having taken place since January 2015.
  
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• 26 Nov 2024 (23 hours away): The Moon at apogee

  25-11-2024 13:44 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• The moon eclipses bright blue star Spica this week. Here's how to see it

  25-11-2024 12:00 via space.com
  
  A waning crescent moon will creep closer and closer to Spica until the star's light is extinguished in the blink of an eye on the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 27.
  
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• SpaceX launching 23 Starlink satellites from Florida early Nov. 25

  25-11-2024 02:15 via space.com
  
  SpaceX plans to launch another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station early Monday morning (Nov. 25).
  
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• SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida early on Monday (Nov. 25)

  25-11-2024 02:15 via space.com
  
  SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station early Monday morning (Nov. 25).
  
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• 29 Nov 2024 (4 days away): Comet 333P/LINEAR passes perihelion

  25-11-2024 01:33 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Comet 333P/LINEAR makes its closest approach to the Sun.
  
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• 28 Nov 2024 (3 days away): November Orionid meteor shower 2024

  25-11-2024 01:33 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The November Orionid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 27 Nov 2024 (2 days away): The Hyades cluster is well placed

  25-11-2024 01:33 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Hyades open star cluster (Collinder 50; mag 1.0) in Taurus culminates at around midnight local time.
  
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• 27 Nov 2024 (2 days away): Lunar occultation of Spica

  25-11-2024 01:33 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Spica (Alpha Virginis), creating a lunar occultation visible from the Contiguous United States, Canada and Bahamas.
  
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• 26 Nov 2024 (Tomorrow): The Moon at apogee

  25-11-2024 01:33 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• 01 Dec 2024 (6 days away): New Moon

  25-11-2024 01:33 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days.
  
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