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On 28 April 2025, a catastrophic power blackout plunged the entire Iberian Peninsula into darkness for about ten hours, disconnecting a massive 31 gigawatts of load across Spain and Portugal. The collapse began at 12:33 CEST when a rapid series of generator trips near Granada, Badajoz, and Seville caus...

Martian meteorites are rocks that formed on Mars, were ejected into space by impacts, and eventually landed on Earth—with 277 classified by September 2020, making up less than 0.5% of all known meteorites. They are grouped into three main types—shergottites, nakhlites, and chassignites (collectively ca...

5G is the fifth-generation cellular network technology, succeeding 4G, and is defined by the 3GPP's Release 15 specifications and the ITU's IMT-2020 framework. The first large-scale commercial deployment occurred on April 3, 2019, when South Korea launched its national network, followe...

A power outage (or blackout) is the complete loss of electrical supply, often triggered by severe weather, earthquakes, equipment failure, or grid overload. Outages range from brief transient faults and voltage drops (brownouts) to severe, long-lasting blackouts, as we...

Here is a comprehensive summary of the Wikipedia article on meteorites:

A meteorite is a rock from outer space that survives its fiery passage through a planet's or moon's atmosphere, becoming a glowing meteor (or "shooting star") before landing on the surface. They are traditionally divided int...

On Memorial Day, May 27, 2019, a devastating EF4 tornado struck Dayton, Ohio, and its suburbs, injuring 166 people and indirectly causing one death. Part of a larger severe weather outbreak, it was the first EF4 tornado in Ohio since 2010 and the first of two EF4s that day, with the ot...

Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is a legendary American actress whose five-decade career has earned her an Academy Honorary Award, three Emmys, three Tonys, three Golden Globes, and eight Oscar nominations, leading to her inclusion in Time's 100 most influential people in 2019. She first made her mark on Bro...

Ben Joyce (born September 17, 2000) is a flamethrowing pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels who made history with his incredible velocity. While at the University of Tennessee, he threw the fastest pitch in college baseball history at 105.5 mph on May 1, 2022, after over...

The Super Eight stage of the 2007 Cricket World Cup, held from 27 March to 21 April 2007 across venues in Antigua, Barbados, Guyana, and Grenada, was an eight-team round-robin where teams carried forward results from their group-stage matches. The stage was marked by major upsets, as India