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• Superman movies ranked, worst to best

  19-08-2024 15:00 via space.com
  
  A ranking of the six solo Superman movies from worst to best.
  
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• The next 'Star Trek' movie will be inspired by 'Crimson Tide', and 'Strange New Worlds' latest episode just showed them how to do it

  10-09-2026 17:15 via space.com
  
  During the recent press rounds for Apple TV's Ryan Reynolds/Kenneth Branagh vehicle "Mayday", writer/director duo Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley talked about their plans for the next "Star Trek" movie. As well as confirming their story will feature an all-new crew, they mentioned that the in-development project will be inspired by a pair of hit films from the '90s and '00s, both of which — coincidentally — feature Denzel Washington operating at very different ends of the m
  
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• Mercury is shrinking faster than we thought. What's going on inside of it?

  10-09-2026 17:00 via space.com
  
  Wrinkles on the surface of Mercury have revealed that the closest planet to the sun is shrinking faster than scientists thought.New research suggests that Mercury is shrinking between 10% and 30% faster than had been previously estimated. The team behind this research calculated that the planet has lost nearly 12 miles (19 kilometers) of its total diameter since it formed. The researchers think that the extremity of this shrinking has gone unnoticed previously because bombardment from space rock
  
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• 11 Sep 2026 (12 hours away): New Moon

  10-09-2026 16:34 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days.
  
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• 10 Sep 2026 (4 hours away): Uranus enters retrograde motion

  10-09-2026 16:34 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Uranus reverses its direction of motion across the sky.
  
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• Iconic Star Trek filming location spotted from space | Space photo of the day for Sept. 10, 2026

  10-09-2026 16:00 via space.com
  
  This new satellite image shows Vasquez Rocks in southern California, where Captain Kirk once faced off against the Gorn.(Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory/Michala Garrison/CBS via Getty Images)Decades ago, Captain Kirk faced off against the Gorn on the uncharted desert planet Metron.But as we can see in new satellite imagery from NASA, that mysterious rocky world can actually be found right here on Earth in California. What is it?In this new image captured by the Operational Land Imager (OLI)
  
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• 11 Sep 2026 (13 hours away): New Moon

  10-09-2026 15:45 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days.
  
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• 10 Sep 2026 (5 hours away): Uranus enters retrograde motion

  10-09-2026 15:45 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Uranus reverses its direction of motion across the sky.
  
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• 11 Sep 2026 (14 hours away): New Moon

  10-09-2026 14:41 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days.
  
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• 10 Sep 2026 (6 hours away): Uranus enters retrograde motion

  10-09-2026 14:41 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Uranus reverses its direction of motion across the sky.
  
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• What comes after the moon? Artemis II commander and pilot shift to 'emeritus' status at NASA

  10-09-2026 14:00 via space.com
  
  Three of NASA's Artemis II astronauts are starting off the school year with new assignments.Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman and pilot Victor Glover, both NASA astronauts, will transition into "emeritus status" in September, the space agency announced on Wednesday (Sept. 9). Meanwhile, Canadian mission specialist Jeremy Hansen shared a video on X on Tuesday (Sept. 8) concerning his already-announced transfer from active duty to reserve status in the Canadian military. The fourth Artemis II astr
  
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• 11 Sep 2026 (15 hours away): New Moon

  10-09-2026 13:41 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days.
  
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• 10 Sep 2026 (7 hours away): Uranus enters retrograde motion

  10-09-2026 13:41 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Uranus reverses its direction of motion across the sky.
  
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• 11 Sep 2026 (16 hours away): New Moon

  10-09-2026 12:42 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days.
  
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• 10 Sep 2026 (8 hours away): Uranus enters retrograde motion

  10-09-2026 12:42 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Uranus reverses its direction of motion across the sky.
  
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• Strange 'fast radio bursts' across the universe could help solve major cosmic mysteries: 'It's only the beginning'

  10-09-2026 12:00 via space.com
  
  Though their origins may be shrouded in mystery, fast radio bursts (FRBs) could be used to probe some of the universe's biggest puzzles. This includes probing the nature of dark matter, the invisible sort of matter that somehow dominates the universe, and dark energy, the mysterious force causing the expansion of our universe to accelerate. They could even shed light on the mysteries of neutrinos, or "ghost particles." Let's dive into how.FRBs are brief but intense blasts of radio waves currentl
  
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• 11 Sep 2026 (17 hours away): New Moon

  10-09-2026 11:32 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days.
  
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• 10 Sep 2026 (9 hours away): Uranus enters retrograde motion

  10-09-2026 11:32 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Uranus reverses its direction of motion across the sky.
  
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• 11 Sep 2026 (18 hours away): New Moon

  10-09-2026 10:29 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days.
  
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• 10 Sep 2026 (10 hours away): Uranus enters retrograde motion

  10-09-2026 10:29 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Uranus reverses its direction of motion across the sky.
  
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• 11 Sep 2026 (19 hours away): New Moon

  10-09-2026 09:35 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days.
  
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• 10 Sep 2026 (11 hours away): Uranus enters retrograde motion

  10-09-2026 09:35 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Uranus reverses its direction of motion across the sky.
  
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• 11 Sep 2026 (20 hours away): New Moon

  10-09-2026 08:41 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days.
  
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• 10 Sep 2026 (12 hours away): Uranus enters retrograde motion

  10-09-2026 08:41 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Uranus reverses its direction of motion across the sky.
  
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• 11 Sep 2026 (21 hours away): New Moon

  10-09-2026 07:29 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days.
  
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• 10 Sep 2026 (13 hours away): Uranus enters retrograde motion

  10-09-2026 07:29 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Uranus reverses its direction of motion across the sky.
  
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• 11 Sep 2026 (22 hours away): New Moon

  10-09-2026 06:35 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days.
  
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• 10 Sep 2026 (14 hours away): Uranus enters retrograde motion

  10-09-2026 06:35 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Uranus reverses its direction of motion across the sky.
  
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• Watch SpaceX launch classified mission for the US Space Force today

  10-09-2026 06:05 via space.com
  
  SpaceX will launch a secret mission for the U.S. Space Force today (Sept. 10), and you can watch the action live.A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base today during a three-hour window that opens at 11:37 a.m. EDT (1537 GMT; 8:37 a.m. local time), kicking off a mission called USSF-153.You can watch live via SpaceX, starting about 10 minutes before launch. USSF-153 is a classified mission, so little is known about its payloads — what they ar
  
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• 11 Sep 2026 (23 hours away): New Moon

  10-09-2026 05:30 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon disappears into the Sun's glare for a few days.
  
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