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Renewable vs. non-renewable power generation across the region (updated every 30 minutes)
Renewables includes biomass(0.6%), nuclear(24.9%), solar(0%) and wind(71.5%). Excludes imports
Expert Shares Five Tips For Preventing Phone Theft
Figures from police forces across the UK have revealed a national surge in mobile phone thefts, with more than 225 devices stolen every day. The data, which was obtained through Freedom of Information requests, shows there were at least 83,900 phone theft offences recorded in the 12 months to July 2024 — almost double the five years previously.
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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)
208023 (1999 AQ10)26th Oct20946736,14527,558,261
(2020 FA5)26th Oct15735159,3563,747,517
434196 (2003 HG2)27th Oct12728524,4544,148,943
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