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• The first teaser trailer for 'Star Trek: Section 31' shows Michelle Yeoh as a 'lively' secret agent Emperor Georgiou (video)

  28-07-2024 22:13 via space.com
  
  The first teaser for Paramount+'s all-original "Star Trek" movie, "Section 31" had landed at San Diego Comic-Con.
  
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• First teaser trailer for 'Star Trek: Section 31' shows Michelle Yeoh as a 'lively' secret agent Emperor Georgiou (video)

  28-07-2024 22:13 via space.com
  
  The first teaser for Paramount+'s all-original "Star Trek" movie, "Section 31" had landed at San Diego Comic-Con.
  
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• 30 Jul 2024 (2 days away): Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter

  28-07-2024 17:42 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Jupiter pass close to each other.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (2 days ago): Piscis Austrinid meteor shower 2024

  28-07-2024 17:36 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Piscis Austrinid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• SpaceX rockets successfully launch back-to-back Starlink missions hours apart in return to flight (photos, videos)

  28-07-2024 16:58 via space.com
  
  SpaceX launched two Starlink satellite missions less than five hours apart in the early hours of Sunday morning (July 28).
  
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• SpaceX launches back-to-back Starlink satellite missions (photos, videos)

  28-07-2024 16:58 via space.com
  
  SpaceX launched two Starlink satellite missions less than five hours apart in the early hours of Sunday morning (July 28).
  
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• Sierra Space won't stop blowing up inflatable space station modules (video)

  28-07-2024 16:00 via space.com
  
  Sierra Space has conducted its second full-scale burst test of an inflatable space station module as it looks towards building the Orbital Reef commercial outpost.
  
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• What it takes to keep NASA's flagship Chandra observatory flying for a quarter century

  28-07-2024 15:00 via space.com
  
  To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the flagship Chandra X-ray observatory, NASA released a behind-the-scenes look at the work it takes to keep the $1.5 billion telescope flying in space.
  
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• Earth's plate tectonics fired up hundreds of millions of years earlier than we thought, ancient crystals reveal

  28-07-2024 15:00 via space.com
  
  New research hints that plate tectonics began earlier than 4 billion years ago — not long after Earth had formed.
  
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• NASA telescope may have found antimatter annihilating in possibly the biggest explosion since the Big Bang

  28-07-2024 14:00 via space.com
  
  Using NASA's Fermi telescope, astronomers have discovered a hidden "annihilation feature" in the gamma-ray burst known as the "BOAT," or the "brightest of all time."
  
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• 10 weird water worlds in the solar system and beyond

  28-07-2024 12:00 via space.com
  
  Planetary scientists have been searching the cosmos for liquid water. Here are the most promising water worlds in the solar system and beyond.
  
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• 30 Jul 2024 (2 days away): Conjunction of the Moon and Mars

  28-07-2024 05:21 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 5°01'.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (Yesterday): Moon at Last Quarter

  28-07-2024 04:52 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (9 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  28-07-2024 04:52 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (8 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  28-07-2024 04:52 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (7 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  28-07-2024 04:52 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (6 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  28-07-2024 04:52 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (5 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  28-07-2024 04:52 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (4 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  28-07-2024 04:52 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (3 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  28-07-2024 04:52 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (29 minutes ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  28-07-2024 04:52 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (23 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  28-07-2024 04:52 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (22 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  28-07-2024 04:52 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (21 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  28-07-2024 04:52 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (20 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  28-07-2024 04:52 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (2 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  28-07-2024 04:52 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (2 days ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  28-07-2024 04:52 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (19 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  28-07-2024 04:52 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (18 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  28-07-2024 04:52 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (17 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  28-07-2024 04:52 via in-the-sky.org
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (16 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  28-07-2024 04:52 via in-the-sky.org
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (15 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  28-07-2024 04:52 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (14 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  28-07-2024 04:52 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (13 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  28-07-2024 04:52 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (12 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  28-07-2024 04:52 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (11 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  28-07-2024 04:52 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (10 hours ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  28-07-2024 04:52 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (1 hour ago): Moon at Last Quarter

  28-07-2024 04:52 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (15 minutes away): Moon at Last Quarter

  28-07-2024 04:36 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (1 hour away): Moon at Last Quarter

  28-07-2024 03:00 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (2 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  28-07-2024 02:14 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 30 Jul 2024 (2 days away): Southern δ-Aquariid meteor shower 2024

  28-07-2024 01:28 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Southern δ-Aquariid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 30 Jul 2024 (2 days away): Close approach of the Moon and Mars

  28-07-2024 01:28 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and Mars pass close to each other.
  
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• 30 Jul 2024 (2 days away): α-Capricornid meteor shower 2024

  28-07-2024 01:28 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The α-Capricornid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 29 Jul 2024 (Tomorrow): Close approach of the Moon and M45

  28-07-2024 01:28 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon and M45 pass close to each other.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (Today): Piscis Austrinid meteor shower 2024

  28-07-2024 01:28 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Piscis Austrinid meteor shower reaches its peak.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (3 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  28-07-2024 01:28 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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• 28 Jul 2024 (4 hours away): Moon at Last Quarter

  28-07-2024 00:43 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches last quarter phase – rising in the east at around midnight and appearing high in the sky by sunrise.
  
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