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Renewable vs. non-renewable power generation across the region (updated every 30 minutes)
Renewables includes biomass(2%), nuclear(30.2%), solar(0%) and wind(57.2%). Excludes imports
Does Your Business Need To Embrace Cloud Native?
At software conferences or tech meetups, the term 'Cloud Native' is thrown around like confetti. Along with it comes an avalanche of buzzwords: containers, orchestration, microservices. But what does it all really mean for your business? Let's cut through the jargon and explore why Cloud Native has become such a hot topic – and more importantly, whether it's right for you.
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NASA Picture of the Day: SpaceX Rocket Launch Plume over California
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What's happened to the sky? Last Monday, the photogenic launch plume from a SpaceX rocket launch created quite a spectacle over parts of southern California and Arizona. Looking at times like a giant space fish, the impressive rocket launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc, California, was so bright because it was backlit by the setting Sun. The Falcon 9 rocket successfully delivered to low Earth orbit 23 Starlink communications satellites.
Asteroid Flybys Over the next 7 Days
NameDateMin Dia. (m)Max Dia. (m)Rel. Velocity (mph)Miss Distance (miles)
522684 (2016 JP)20th Feb15735322,89330,882,507
455176 (1999 VF22)24th Feb19243052,8136,503,416
(2016 AF193)24th Feb10423314,38413,084,720
(2025 BT1)24th Feb12528031,6164,864,958
101955 Bennu (1999 RQ36)25th Feb24153937,79536,396,511
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