At the end of Apollo 17's 3rd EVA on December 14, 1972 Jack Schmitt asked commander Gene Cernan if he could throw his geology hammer. After getting the OK from Gene ("Don't hit the LEM. Or the ALSEP.") Jack threw it; it went spinning in an arc to land an estimated 140 feet away.

Here's our final SWPC walk-through video to give you the latest space weather info about this past few days of activity. Thanks for your comments, it's quite clear you appreciate these & want to see them again for future significant events. We'll do our best to make that happen.

Welp, Andrew knocked it out of about ten parks with this one! You'll be seeing this photo a lot, I expect. 🤯

Fantastic launch and *first* successful first stage offshore landing of the @blueorigin New Glenn just now to send @NASA's ESCAPADE spacecraft on their way to Mars! #NG2 Congratulations to everyone involved! Well done. 🚀

T-10 minutes to #NG2 launch

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Northern lights observed from the Saar-Hunsrück region in southwest Germany between 02:30 and 03:40 UT on November 12, 2025. Photos and illustration: @SeVoSpace #auroraborealis #northernlights #nightshot #iphonography #solarstorm #meme #sebastianvoltmer #astrophotography

Here's a view of Jupiter made from image data captured 25 years ago today. Can you guess which spacecraft or telescope took the images?

Launch attempt #2 today #NG2

Found these raw images from Voyager 1 of Saturn's moon Epimetheus passing through the shadow of the thin F ring, captured during the spacecraft's flyby on November 12, 1980.

Of course, crickets is probably the best response. Not like they'd have anything of value to add anyway. Best they'd offer up would be nonsense, unless they actually used the opportunity to learn something.

Space weather scientists detect giant outburst of charged particles from the Sun headed toward Earth using satellite observatories. Outburst arrives at Earth as predicted, igniting intense aurorae seen by millions. Science: continues to work 🫡 Science deniers: *crickets* 🦗

Northern lights observed from Idar-Oberstein, southwest Germany, between 02:30 and 03:40 UT on November 12, 2025. The last image shows me as a Brocken Spectre with a fogbow in front of the northern lights. Smartphone shots: @SeVoSpace #auroraborealis #northernlights

Since Star Wars was released over three years earlier, the Death Star was obviously not modeled after Mimas.

45 years ago today we got our first closeup of the Solar System’s very own “Death Star!” Captured by Voyager 1 on November 12, 1980 as it passed Saturn, this image (PIA01968) shows the moon Mimas with its 139 km wide, 5 km deep Herschel crater. #OTD @starwars

Already aurora visible from central Rhode Island tonight!

59 years ago today! @TheRealBuzz #Gemini12 @NASA

The Moon’s shadow on Earth captured with a camera on @ispace_inc’s Hakuto-R lander from lunar orbit during a solar eclipse on April 20, 2023

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The first CME to the party has rung the doorbell at L1! While we wait for more info on Bz, a quick reminder that if you try to see the aurora over the next few days please make a participatory science report to https://t.co/H8M6qEdJki. Clear skies!✨🦕

Increased possibility of low-latitude aurora on Wednesday, Nov. 12