Gallery: WIRED Space Photo of the Day for November 2014

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    <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/multimedia/11-029.html#.VHqCrmTF-9W">NASA/CXC/CfA/J.Wang et al/ING/JKT/NSF/NRAO/VLA</a>
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    sauron

    November 30, 2014: The Eye of Sauron Galaxy
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    <a href="http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2014/11/A_spiral_in_a_furnace">ESA/Hubble & NASA</a>
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    A spiral in a furnace

    November 29, 2014: Spectacular Spiral Galaxy
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    <a href="http://hinode.nao.ac.jp/news/141119Sun_Spot/index_e.shtml">Hinode Science Center/NAOJ</a>
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    NOAA12192-v5e

    November 28, 20114: Huge Sunspots
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    <a href="http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2006/01/">NASA,ESA, M. Robberto (STSI/ESA)</a>
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    November 27, 2014: The Turkey Nebula?
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    <a href="http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1439a/">ESO/G. Beccari</a>
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    The colourful star cluster NGC 3532

    November 26, 2014: The Wishing Well Cluster
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    <a href="http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/24nov_imps/">NASA / Tony Phillips</a>
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    young-moon-craters

    November 25, 2014: Young Volcanoes on the Moon
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    <a href="http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2014/11/The_Egg_Nebula">NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA). Acknowledgment: W. Sparks (STScI) & R. Sahai (JPL)</a>
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    The-Egg-Nebula

    November 24, 2014: The Egg Nebula
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    <a href="http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_038143_2205">NASA/JPL/University of Arizona</a>
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    ESP-038143-2205

    November 23, 2014: Martian Dune Field Frozen in Time
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    <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/europas-stunning-surface/#.VHA3P_TF-v1">NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute</a>
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    pia19048

    November 22, 2014: Europa Remastered
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    <a href="http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/images/?ImageID=6791">NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS</a>
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    Mars-Curiosity-Rover-Pink-Cliffs-Rock-Wind-Erosion-pia18880-b-br2

    November 21, 2014: The Pink Cliffs of Pahrump Hills
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    <a href="http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1425/">NASA, ESA, S. Larsen (Radboud University, the Netherlands)</a>
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    Four globular clusters in Fornax

    November 20, 2014: Missing Star Mystery
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    <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/cassini/pia18290/#.VG-PUvTF-v0">NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute</a>
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    pia18290-full

    November 19, 2014: Saturn Cloud Dynamics
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    <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/news/MSH_11-62.html#.VG-PV_TF-v0">NASA/CXC/SAO/P. Slane et al.</a>
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    msh1162

    November 18, 2014: Supernova Remnant
  • November 17 2014 Watching Philae Drift
    ESA/Rosetta/MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA
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    OSIRIS-spots-Philae-drifting-across-the-comet

    November 17, 2014: Watching Philae Drift
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    <a href="http://skycenter.arizona.edu/gallery/Nebulae/SH2-155The%20CaveNebula">Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona</a>
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    November 16, 2014: The Cave Nebula
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    <a href="http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=NRB_469312235EDR_F0441432NCAM00223M_&s=809">NASA/JPL-Caltech</a>
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    NRB-469312235EDR-F0441432NCAM00223M--br2

    November 15, 2014: Curiosity Reaches Out
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    <a href="http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_038299_0985">NASA/JPL/University of Arizona </a>
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    ESP-038299-0985

    November 14, 2014: Springtime on Mars
  • November 13 2014 Welcome to a Comet
    ESA/Rosetta/Philae/CIVA
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    November 13, 2014: Welcome to a Comet!
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    <a href="http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/11/12/amateur-professional-astronomers-alike-thrilled-by-extreme-storms-on-uranus/">Imke de Pater (UC Berkeley) & Keck Observatory images.</a>
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    November 12, 2014: Extreme Storms on Uranus
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    <a href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4372">NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute</a>
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    November 11, 2014: Jupiter's Big Red Sunburn
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    <a href="http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/photos/imagedetails/index.cfm?imageId=5110">NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute</a>
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    PIA18289

    November 10, 2014: Sunrise on Saturn
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    <a href="http://skycenter.arizona.edu/gallery/Nebulae/SH2-140">Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona</a>
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    sh2-140

    November 9, 2014: Dreamy Nebula
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    <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/content/nasas-solar-dynamics-observatory-captures-intense-space-weather/#.VF1F5PTF-v0">NASA/SDO</a>
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    November 8, 2014: Intense Space Weather
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    <a href="http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1424/">ESA/Hubble and NASA</a>
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    Jets, bubbles and bursts of light in Taurus

    November 7, 2014: Beautiful, Ominous XZ Tauri
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    <a href="http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2014/44/full/">NASA, ESA, G. Schneider (University of Arizona), and the HST/GO 12228 Team</a>
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    November 6, 2014: Hubble Surveys Circumstellar Disks
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    <a href="http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Farewell_J_hello_Agilkia">ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM</a>
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    Philae-s-landing-site-30-October-2014

    November 5, 2014: Rosetta's Comet Landing Site, "Agilkia"
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    <a href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=pia19037">NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS</a>
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    PIA19037

    November 4, 2014: Curiosity Maps a Mineral
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    <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/cassini/pia18432/#.VF1KYvTF_t5">NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/University of Idaho</a>
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    pia18432

    November 3, 2014: Titan Spectacular
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    <a href="http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2014/11/Proba-2_sees_our_Sun">ESA/ROB</a>
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    Proba-2-sees-our-Sun

    November 2, 2014: Black and White Sun
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    <a href="http://skycenter.arizona.edu/gallery/Nebulae/LBN438">Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona</a>
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    lbn438s

    November 1, 2014: Spooky Sprite
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