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We've just opened the virtual @NASASocial for our upcoming #DARTMission! Join us online for behind-the-scenes updates from NASA's first #PlanetaryDefense test mission before DART lifts off later this month: https://t.co/DlhjSymWzW https://t.co/wqim5s3nWN

The Cygnus Loop Supernova Remnant (Six Panel Mosaic)

On this day in 1910, Navy officer Eugene Ely made the first airplane takeoff from a ship in a pusher airplane and a few months later, he would make the first landing. With his success, naval aviation was born: https://t.co/XWPX4NuyaZ https://t.co/79qqa63Mac

In 2002, John Herrington (Chickasaw) launched aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour, becoming the first Native American in space. He took with him this traditional flute and other items to honor his heritage. More from @NASA: https://t.co/VpmXpcGQ1C #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth https://t.co/M0W5m48MgG

My mom painted this picture of the Uranian system for my birthday

🎨 Calling all creatives! Join the #UnfoldTheUniverse art challenge & share, using any art form, what you think the @NASAWebb space telescope will discover. Set to launch Dec. 18, it will study 13.5 billion years of cosmic history in unprecedented detail: https://t.co/uHeACH2nve https://t.co/0Qm0mAUEUS

🌀 Anyone else mesmerized? As we near the halfway point of #NebulaNovember, take in this spectacular view of the Hourglass Nebula. This is a young planetary nebula about 8,000 light-years away: https://t.co/1xOwD5GRZ1 https://t.co/x8h2noeNeL

SpaceX shows off epic photo of Starship SN20 engine test https://t.co/Z9WoKid2k7 https://t.co/ytO5L5nm1i

The Cygnus Loop Supernova Remnant (Six Panel Mosaic)

An uncatalogued Einstein ring, image from a deep sky survey. (link in comments)

Startrails upon a hay bale.

#OTD in 1969, Apollo 12, the second crewed lunar landing mission, launched with astronauts Pete Conrad, Richard Gordon, and Alan Bean. The primary objectives of the mission included extensive exploration tasks by the crew. Learn more about the mission: https://t.co/hxVI07Pe0I https://t.co/Wm6uHD00vN

80.2% waxing gibbous mineral moon.

[RPT] How to Identify that Light in the Sky: https://t.co/mEOs4OQVBs

Venus from Saturn. Peering over the shoulder of giant Saturn, through its rings, and across interplanetary space, NASA's Cassini spacecraft spies the bright, cloudy terrestrial planet, Venus. The vast distance from Saturn means that Venus only shows up as a white dot.