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Renewable vs. non-renewable power generation across the region (updated every 30 minutes)
Renewables includes biomass(0.9%), nuclear(31.7%), solar(0%) and wind(65.6%). Excludes imports
Cyber War: Why We’re All Foot Soldiers Now
In the shadowy world of cybercrime, the battlefield is digital, the weapons are psychological, and the targets - increasingly - are us. From rogue hackers to state-sponsored actors, the tactics are evolving. Gone are the days of clumsy spam emails from imaginary princes.
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NASA Picture of the Day: Astronomy Picture of the Day
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Ten thousand years ago, before the dawn of recorded human history, a new light would suddenly have appeared in the night sky and faded after a few weeks. Today we know this light was from a supernova, or exploding star, and record the expanding debris cloud as the Veil Nebula, a supernova remnant. This sharp telescopic view is centered on a western segment of the Veil Nebula cataloged as NGC 6960 but less formally known as the Witch's Broom Nebula. Blasted out in the cataclysmic explosion, an interstellar shock wave plows through space sweeping up and exciting interstellar material.
Asteroid Flybys Over the next 7 Days
NameDateMin Dia. (m)Max Dia. (m)Rel. Velocity (mph)Miss Distance (miles)
(2002 LX64)5th Nov15234262,45532,706,458
(2010 VD72)5th Nov13029131,29917,308,692
(2011 EL51)5th Nov11024646,3738,235,885
138175 (2000 EE104)6th Nov21247414,24811,361,452
(2006 AM4)6th Nov11625965,56725,007,866
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