The Top 20 FARK Headlines of 2009
fark.com — FARK, a site reknowned for its hilarious, user-generated headlines, announces the winners of it's 2009 Headline of the Year Contest. One winner: "One killed, six injured in pie factory explosion. Blast heard up to 3.14159265 miles away" (Submitted by Lederhosed) More...
An Explosion on the Moon
science.nasa.gov — NASA scientists have observed an explosion on the moon. The blast, equal in energy to about 70 kg of TNT, occurred near the edge of Mare Imbrium (the Sea of Rains) on Nov. 7, 2005, when a 12-centimeter-wide meteoroid slammed into the ground traveling 27 km/s. (Submitted by tduman) More...
Stellar Explosion Revealed In Unique Detail
newscientistspace.com — An unprecedented glimpse of the blast wave from an erupting star has been seen by astronomers. The explosion occurred in a binary star system called RS Ophiuchi. It consists of a red giant star orbited by the dense core of a burned-out star, called a white dwarf. The outbursts occur because the white dwarf collects gas shed by the red giant. (Submitted by p9s50W5k4GUD2c6) More...
Mysterious Explosion 1,000 Times Greater than Hiroshima
environmentalgraffiti.com — On June 30, 1908, the Earth experienced an explosion 1,000 times the magnitude of the the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. The event resulted in the flattening of 80 million trees over an area roughly the size of DC, and a century later scientists and UFO enthusiasts are still debating about what caused this colossal 5-30 megaton blast, (Submitted by Sh0rtstak) More...
Army Robot Eating Some Bomb Blast, Awesome Explosion
gizmodo.com — Noah over at Wired's Danger room shows us how much damage those little roadside bombs can do in Iraq, even to the cold, metal exo-skel of a mil-bot. The best part of the video is when the soliders laugh. This wouldn't be the case if it had been private Smith. (Submitted by 1KrazyKorean) More...
Mysterious Stellar Blast in the 1840s Was a “Supernova
blogs.discovermagazine.com — A remarkable stellar event that mesmerized astronomers in 1843 may have been a previously unknown kind of explosion, researchers say. That explosion, which made the star Eta Carinae one of the brightest in the Southern sky, could have been the precursor to the star’s expected explosion into a supernova. (Submitted by awarnick) More...
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