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1 day ago · Siriusis the brightest starin the night sky. Its name is derived from the Greekword Σείριος(Latin script: Seirios), meaning lit.'glowing' or 'scorching'. The star is designatedα Canis Majoris, Latinizedto Alpha Canis Majoris, and abbreviated α CMaor Alpha CMa. With a visual apparent magnitudeof −1.46, Sirius is almost twice as bright ...
5 days ago · She was hired by Fox to play the role of the mother of Elvis Presley's character in the film Flaming Star (1960), directed by Don Siegel. Her arrival in Hollywood caused excitement and she was warmly received by fellow actors, the press and staff members, some of whom she had known since her arrival in Hollywood in 1925.
4 days ago · A simple chart for classifying the main star types using Harvard classification. In astronomy, stellar classification is the classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics.
5 days ago · Flaming Star. Elvis Presley proved he could be more than just movie eye-candy with his fine performance in this western about a young mixed-race man torn between the disparate worlds of his...
5 days ago · Pulsars are rapidly spinning neutron stars, extremely dense stars composed almost entirely of neutrons and having a diameter of only 20 km (12 miles) or less. Pulsar masses range between 1.18 and 1.97 times that of the Sun, but most pulsars have a mass 1.35 times that of the Sun.
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3 days ago · Star of David, Jewish symbol composed of two overlaid equilateral triangles that form a six-pointed star. It appears on synagogues, Jewish tombstones, and the flag of the State of Israel.
Jul 19, 2024 · Burning Man. The Power of Gathering: Sparking Connections, Creativity, and Civic Action. In April 2024, Burners in Europe and beyond came together in Tallinn, Estonia, for the seventh European Leadership Summit (ELS).
