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  • This artist's impression of Saturn's moon Titan shows the change in observed atmospheric effects before, during and after equinox in 2009

    NASA's Cassini Sees Abrupt Turn in Titan's Atmosphere

    11.28.12 - Data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft tie a shift in seasonal sunlight to a wholesale reversal, at unexpected altitudes, in the circulation of the atmosphere of Titan.

  • Regional Dust Storm Weakening, Nov. 25, 2012

    Regional Dust Storm Dissipating

    11.27.12 - A regional dust storm on Mars, tracked from orbit since Nov. 10, appears to be abating rather than going global.

  • Left, shows a calm sun from Oct. 2010. Right, from Oct. 2012, shows a much more active and varied solar atmosphere as the sun moves closer to peak solar activity, or solar maximum, predicted for 2013.

    Solar Minimum; Solar Maximum

    11.26.12 - The sun goes through a natural solar cycle approximately every 11 years. The greatest number of sunspots in any given solar cycle is designated as 'solar maximum.' The lowest number is 'solar minimum.'

  • Panoramic View From 'Rocknest'

    One Year After Launch, Curiosity Rover Busy on Mars

    11.26.12 - NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Mission launched a year ago today, putting the rover Curiosity on its way to Gale Crater, where it has been working for 16 weeks.

  • Asteroid 2012 PA8

    Nine Radar Images of Asteroid 2007 PA8

    11.26.12 - Images of asteroid 2007 PA8 have been generated with data collected by NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar.

  • SOHO captured this image of a CME erupting on the left side of the sun, on Nov. 23, 2012, at 1:30 p.m. EST

    Continuing Thanksgiving Eruptions On the Sun

    11.24.12 - On Nov. 23, 2012, at 8:54 a.m. EST, the sun released an Earth-directed, slow-moving CME. This is the third Earth-directed CME since Nov. 20.

  • Thanksgiving CME

    NASA Spacecraft Observe a Thanksgiving CME

    11.22.12 - On Nov. 21, 2012, at 11:24 a.m. EST, the sun erupted with an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection or CME

  • Locations of NASA's Mars rovers Opportunity and Curiosity

    Spacecraft Monitoring Martian Dust Storm

    11.21.12 - A Martian dust storm that NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been tracking since last week has also produced atmospheric changes detectable by rovers on Mars.

  • Surface temperature and appearance of Saturn's moons Mima and Tethys

    Cassini Finds a Video Gamers' Paradise at Saturn

    11.26.12 - NASA's Cassini spacecraft spots another "Pac-Man"-shaped feature, this time on Saturn's moon Tethys.

  • STEREO image of 11/20/12 CME

    NASA Spacecraft Observe Nov. 20 Solar Eruption

    11.20.12 - On Nov. 20, 2012, at 7:09 a.m. EST, the sun erupted with a coronal mass ejection.

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