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Here is the image of the Interstella 3i/Atlas comet taken from the Hubble telescope: it is about 3 km wide

Image of the Interstella 3i/Atlas comet obtained from the Hubble Space Telescope in the wavelengths of visible light. Credits: NASA, ESA, D. Jewitt (UCLA); Image Processing: J. Depasquale (STSCI). The space telescope Hubble has obtained the highest resolution image so far of Interstella 3i/Atlas cometthe third object from another star system never discovered in our Solar System after 1i/’Oumuamua and ...

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In France a nuclear power plant went out because of the jellyfish: how was it possible

Image generated with artificial intelligence. It seems absurd but it’s all true: of jellyfish they caused the shutdown of one of the largest nuclear power plants in France. But how could it happen? On the night between Sunday and Monday, the Nuclear nuclear plant in northern France was temporarily stopped due to the “massive and unpredictable presence” of a colony ...

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Because recently there have been so many state shots in Sahel, West Africa

The region of Sahel It includes a vast band of territory that crosses the northern part of the African continent from the east to the west, in the conjunction area between the Sahara desert and the large rain forests of equatorial Africa, characterized by a dry climate and a landscape of savannas and acacia forests. The countries of this area ...

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A fish that fell “from heaven” caused a fire in Canada: this is how it happened

The fish that caused a fire in Canada, found by the firefighters. Credit: Ashcroft Fire Rescue No, It’s not a hoax: a fish fell on an electrical line in British Columbia, Canada, causing a fire And a Blackout last July 31, near the small town of Aschroft. But how does a fish fall on an electrical line? This funny story ...

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How the greenhouses work for cultivation from an engineering point of view

A greenhouse It is a structure specially designed and built in glass, plastic or polycarbonate For Create favorable climatic conditions to the growth of crops which, otherwise, would not be able to develop in a certain environment. In other words, it is a space “controlled” where the environmental conditions of what is enclosed inside, regulating, can vary temperature, humidity And ...

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What is meant by “fascist architecture” and the most famous examples in Italy

THE’fascist architecturelike all the architectural languages desired and imposed by the regimes, developed during the twenty years of fascism with a symbolic, colossal, monumental and classic character also known as Littorio style. In the specific case of our country, already in 1925 Benito Mussolini openly declared his intention to transform architecture into one regime tool (and propaganda): The new fascist ...

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Fire on Vesuvius, the flames continue: the updated situation and the satellite images

An image of August 9 of the fire that broke out on the slopes of Vesuvius and detected by the Sentinel–2 Copernicus satellite. Credit: Copernicus Sentinel–2 THE’fire burst on the slopes of the Vesuvius It has not yet been tamed: during the night the flames also resumed vigor on the side of Torre del Grecowhere they had already been tamed ...