This month starts off with a lovely string of pearls —
with Jupiter,
Venus,
Saturn and the crescent Moon forming a lineup at dusk on December 1st.
Plan to sky gaze throughout the month to see beautiful pairings of planets and the crescent Moon,
at sunrise and sunset.

Watch this video to discover when and where to look to see Venus,
Saturn and Mars!
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Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?
Won't you be my neighbor?👋
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While many galaxies live solitary lives,
others interact with a neighbor galaxy,
like this duo spotted by our @NASAHubble Space Telescope over 250 million light-years from Earth.
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These neighbors are interacting in the cosmos,
with their mutual gravitational attraction pulling wisps of gas and streams of dust from them,
distorting their shapes,
and gently smudging and blurring their appearances on the sky —
to Earth-based observers,
at least.
Thanks to Hubble,
our view of the universe and our place within it has never been the same.⁣
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Image credit:
@EuropeanSpaceAgency/Hubble &
NASA,
K.
Larson et al.⁣
⁣ #nasa #space #neighborhoodwatch #cosmos #hubble

Are you throwing all your money into a black hole today?⁣
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Forget Black Friday —
celebrate #BlackHoleFriday with us and get sucked into this recent discovery of a black hole that may have sparked star births across multiple galaxies.
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If confirmed,
this discovery would represent the widest reach ever seen for a black hole acting as a stellar kick-starter —
enhancing star formation more than one million light-years away.
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Telescopes like @nasachandraxray help us detect the X-rays produced by hot gas swirling around the black hole.
Click the link in the bio to learn more.
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Image credit:
X-ray:
NASA/CXC/INAF/R.
Gilli et al.;
Radio NRAO/VLA;
Optical:
NASA/STScI⁣
⁣ #NASA #BlackHole #StarBirth