Look to the eastern horizon just after sunset on Sept. 8 to see the ringed gas giant Saturn shine close to the bright disk of the waning gibbous moon. Saturn will rise less than 5 degrees to the right of the 96%-lit lunar disk as the sun sets on Sept. 8, below the stars representing the head of the great …
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Colby Covington is happy to see Tony Ferguson get his first combat sports win in over six years, but that doesn’t mean he should continue fighting. Ferguson picked up a third-round TKO win over Salt Papi at Misfits Boxing 22 this past Saturday. After losing the first two rounds, Ferguson landed a flurry of punches on Papi, who looked to …
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As I watch Destiny 2 continue to lose 10,000 concurrent players every weekend, I don’t think it’s any real mystery as to why. The scope of Destiny 2 has been dramatically reduced with the launch of The Edge of Fate and this entire new era. Edge of Fate itself was decently sized for what it is, albeit now lacking things …
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The nights surrounding Aug. 29 are a great time to spot the stars of the famous ‘Summer Triangle’ asterism, bisected by the glowing band of the Milky Way, with an early-setting crescent moon providing a perfect setting for the stellar hunt. Celestron Nature DX 12×56 (Image credit: Jason Parnell-Brookes) If you’re looking for an affordable pair of binoculars for stargazing, …
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Look to the western horizon to catch a fleeting glimpse of the thin crescent moon alongside the red glow of Mars on Aug. 26, set among the stars of the constellation Virgo. Mars will sit less than 10 degrees above the horizon at sunset, with the 11 %-lit waxing crescent moon hanging less than 6 degrees to its lower left. …
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Please enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser or access the information through the links provided below. August 15, 2025 Federal Reserve Board announces it will sunset its novel activities supervision program and return to monitoring banks’ novel activities through the normal supervisory process For release at 12:00 p.m. EDT …
Read More »Guest column | 75 years after its screen debut, what ‘Sunset Blvd.’ says about stardom The Washington Post Nancy Olson, 97, Admits She and William Holden ‘Loved to Kiss’ Each Other on Set of Sunset Boulevard (Exclusive) People.com ‘Sunset Boulevard’ Is Ready For A New Closeup Celebrating Its 75th Anniversary As Its Only Living Star Nancy Olson Livingston Looks Back At A …
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As 1950 began, Paramount Pictures launched an innovative and grand word-of-mouth campaign for Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard by hosting a series of screenings for Hollywood icons and insiders. Before one such screening, MGM head Louis B. Mayer hosted a dinner party for Wilder, star Gloria Swanson, and others, before they all decamped to a screening room to watch the film. …
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It’s the horror destroyer of fruit flies – a fungus that emits spores that land on the flies and infiltrate their bodies, says Sheena Harvey. Burrowing into the fly’s gut, the cells of Entomophthora muscae multiply rapidly and feed on the fly’s internal organs. Then they make their way to the brain. This is where the fungus takes control. The common fruit …
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Heads up, stargazers! The waxing crescent moon will appear on the left shoulder of Mars in the hours following sunset on July 28 — close enough for both to fit easily in the view of a pair of 10×50 binoculars. The crescent moon will be visible 20 degrees above the western horizon at sunset on July 28, with Mars appearing …
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