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Venus returning to evening sky!
The sky's brightest planet, Venus, has been behind the sun as viewed from our earthly vantage point. By early December, it'll be back in your evening sky!
November 22, 2014
One of the highest resolution images of Mercury, ever
MESSENGER spacecraft's fuel is nearly depleted. It will impact Mercury in March 2015. For now, space engineers are getting some of the best-ever Mercury pics.
November 21, 2014
Snow in West Seneca, New York
Digging out of the snow in West Seneca, NY on November 19, 2014.
November 20, 2014
Cape Neddick Lighthouse at night
The Milky Way rises behind Cape Neddick Lighthouse (aka Nubble Light) in York, Maine.
November 19, 2014
Sunspot comes back around, produces M5 flare
AR 2192 was the largest sunspot in 24 years. The sun's rotation carried it out of view, but now it's back, renamed, and is still producing solar flares.
November 18, 2014
Orion always comes up sideways
Patricia Evans shares her new skill at astrophotography and a poem by Robert Frost.
November 14, 2014
We’ve landed on a comet!
New images from the Philae lander are expected on Thursday, November 14. In the meantime, despite challenges ... a cause for celebration for all humanity.
November 13, 2014
Light pillars over northern Sweden
As winter comes to the far north, sky conditions may be just right to produce a beautiful light phenomenon called "light pillars."
November 12, 2014
Moonset behind trees
Increasingly golden or orange color as the moon sets is due to the fact that - as it sinks - you're seeing the moon through more and more of Earth's atmosphere.
November 10, 2014
Cold has come to the north
An image of a far northern latitude, where it's beginning to look a lot like winter.
November 9, 2014
