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Pinpoint Landing - Featured Image: November 20

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The Surveyor 3 spacecraft sits silently in a small lunar crater, with the Apollo 12 lunar module on the crater's rim in the background.

Apollo 12, Part 2 - StarDate: November 20

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Hitting a lunar bullseye. (Note: Audio will be available tomorrow.)

Apollo 12 - StarDate: November 19

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

An electrifying ride to the Moon.

Creation's Glow - Featured Image: November 18

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

This map of the universe shows tiny variations in temperature a few hundred thousand years after the Big Bang.

COBE - StarDate: November 18

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Details in the afterglow of the Big Bang.

Hidden Neighbor - StarDate: November 17

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Looking for a hidden neighbor.

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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

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More Leonid Meteors - StarDate: November 16

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A good night for a meteor shower.

Leonid Meteors - Featured Image: November 15

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The Leonid meteor shower peaks on the night of November 16/17.

Leonid Meteors - StarDate: November 15

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Dodging some celestial BBs.

TX Piscium - StarDate: November 14

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Turning a star red.

Moon, Spica, and Venus - StarDate: November 13

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Enhancing the beautiful crescent Moon.

Battered Moon - Featured Image: November 12

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Mimas, one of the largest moons of Saturn, shows the scars of billions of years of impacts by rocky debris in this close-up view from the Cassini spacecraft, with Saturn's rings in the background.

More Moon and Saturn - StarDate: November 12

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A scary moon of Saturn.

Moon and Saturn - StarDate: November 11

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Opening up the rings of Saturn.

Future Sun - StarDate: November 10

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A glimpse of the Sun's future.

Moon and Regulus - StarDate: November 9

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A fountain of youth for a bright star.

Bursting with Starbirth - Featured Image: November 9

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Hyperactive stellar nurseries glow bright red in this recent Hubble Space Telescope view of the spiral galaxy M83.

Moon and Mars - StarDate: November 8

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A cushion for a falling rock.

Moon, Mars, and Gemini - StarDate: November 7

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A pair of unrelated twins.

Regal Explosions, Part 2 - StarDate: November 6

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A bashful exploding star.