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Featured article: November 19, 2006

A star is a massive, compact body of plasma in outer space that is held together by its own gravity and is sufficiently massive to sustain nuclear fusion in a very dense, hot core region. This fusion of atomic nuclei generates the energy that is continuously radiated from the outer layers of the star during much of its life span. Astronomers can determine many of the properties of a star by observing its spectrum and luminosity. Individual stars differ in their total mass, chemical composition, and age. The total mass of a star is the principal determinant in its evolution and eventual fate. Other characteristics of a star that are determined by its evolutionary history include the diameter, rotation, movement and temperature. A plot of the star's temperature against luminosity, known as a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, allows the current age and evolutionary state of the star to be determined. Binary and multi-star systems consist of two or more stars that are gravitationally bound, and generally move around each other in stable orbits. When two such stars have a relatively close orbit, their gravitational interaction can have a significant impact on their evolution. (more...)

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Featured picture: August 15, 2007

Landing ships putting ashore on Omaha Beach at low tide during the first days of the Battle of Normandy, mid-June, 1944. Barrage balloons fly overhead and U.S. Army "half-tracks" form a convoy on the beach. The Normandy landing was the largest seaborne invasion in history, with almost three million troops crossing the English Channel.

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Featured list: List of municipalities of Portugal

This is a list of the municipalities of Portugal. Portugal is divided into 18 districts (Portuguese: distritos) and 2 autonomous regions (Portuguese: regiões autónomas), Azores and Madeira. The districts and autonomous regions are further sub-divided into 308 municipalities (Portuguese: municípios or concelhos). Usually, a municipality has the name of its biggest town or city, or at least, of its historically most important town or city, however, the municipality is, usually, much larger than the city or town after which it is named.

The 18 districts and 2 autonomous regions of Portugal, subdivided into their municipalities.

Overview

District	Municipalities	District	Municipalities
Aveiro	19	Leiria	16
Beja	14	Lisbon	16
Braga	14	Portalegre	15
Bragança	12	Oporto	18
Castelo Branco	11	Santarém	21
Coimbra	17	Setúbal	13
Évora	14	Viana do Castelo	10
Faro	16	Vila Real	14
Guarda	14	Viseu	24
Autonomous region	Municipalities	Autonomous region	Municipalities
Açores	19	Madeira	11

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