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21 hours ago · At the Cerro Paranal Observatory, a laser beam is used to create an artificial star to tune the Very Large Telescope (VLT). The search for exoplanets on which extraterrestrial civilizations could be found is one of the many missions of the VLT. The Kardashev scale ( Russian: Шкала́ Кардашёва, romanized : Shkalá Kardashova) is a ...
21 hours ago · The second disc contained twelve tracks, most of which had been previously released on CD as bonus tracks on the 1990–1992 reissues. The new mix of "Moonage Daydream" was originally done for a 1998 Dunlop television commercial. On 4 June 2012, a "40th Anniversary Edition" was released by EMI/Virgin.
21 hours ago · Dim sum. Dim sum ( traditional Chinese: 點心; simplified Chinese: 点心; pinyin: diǎn xīn; Jyutping: dim2 sam1) is a large range of small Chinese dishes that are traditionally enjoyed in restaurants for brunch, [1] [2] with a “selection of over 1,000 varieties of small-plate Chinese foods, usually meat or vegetables in dough or a wrapper ...
21 hours ago · A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, [1] although the word cyclone is used in meteorology to name a weather system with a low-pressure area in the ...
21 hours ago · The Watergate scandal was a major political controversy in the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974, ultimately resulting in Nixon's resignation. It originated from attempts by the Nixon administration to conceal its involvement in the June 17, 1972, break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters ...
21 hours ago · Glendale, California. / 34.14611°N 118.25500°W / 34.14611; -118.25500. Glendale is a city in the San Fernando Valley [10] and Verdugo Mountains [11] regions of Los Angeles County, California, United States. At the 2020 U.S. Census the population was 196,543, [7] up from 191,719 at the 2010 census, [12] making it the fourth-largest ...
21 hours ago · Description. Pine trees are evergreen, coniferous resinous trees (or, rarely, shrubs) growing 3–80 metres (10–260 feet) tall, with the majority of species reaching 15–45 m (50–150 ft) tall. [4] The smallest are Siberian dwarf pine and Potosi pinyon, and the tallest is an 81.8 m (268 ft) tall ponderosa pine located in southern Oregon 's ...
