Yesterday this was being reported as a gas pipeline explosion (http://www.russiatoday.ru/news/news/11413). Today it has become an explosion at a nuclear power station (assuming it is the same explosion - not sure). Here are some photos and vids.

If these are the same explosion, the way it is unfolding is reminding me a lot of how the Chernobyl/Pripyat explosion was reported picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

Using the powerful one-two combo of NASA’s Swift satellite and the Gemini Observatory, astronomers have detected a mysterious type of cosmic explosion farther back in time than ever before. The explosion, known as a short gamma-ray burst (GRB), took place 7.4 billion years ago, more than halfway back to the Big Bang. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

The infamous Tunguska explosion, which mysteriously leveled an area of Siberian forest nearly the size of Tokyo a century ago, might have been caused by an impacting asteroid far smaller than previously thought. The fact that a relatively small asteroid could still cause such a massive explosion suggests "we should be making more efforts at detecting the smaller ones than we have till now.&qu... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Boxun News, a Chinese-language Web site based outside China, reported that an unnamed expert has claimed that there was a nuclear explosion near the epicenter of the Sichuan earthquake, based on witness reports and the discovery of concrete rubble believed to have come from an underground military installation. The news of this nuclear explosion has raised questions about the cause of the earthqua... read full post picked by bingo 2 months ago

A cosmic explosion that seems to have come out of nowhere—thousands of light-years from the nearest collection of stars—has left astronomers baffled. The blast, one of the brightest this year, was detected by spacecraft from the Inter-Planetary Network on Jan. 25 and satellites were used to pinpoint its location to a region of the sky in the constellation Gemini. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

A dentist who specializes in "smile improvements" has sued utility Consolidated Edison for $25 million for not being able to use his office since last week's steam pipe explosion in Manhattan. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

An explosion that ripped through a Laundromat and damaged a neighboring fire department in Fries, Va., Monday evening has killed one of the victims.

*This story gets weirder as you read the events which lead up to this. picked by dollyllama 9 months ago

This Chandra X-ray Observatory image shows the debris of a massive star explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy about 160,000 light years from Earth. The supernova remnant (SNR) shown here, N132D, is the brightest in the Magellanic clouds, and belongs to a rare class of oxygen-rich remnants. Most of the oxygen that we breathe on Earth is thought to have come from explosions similar... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Explosions of small stars, long thought to create stellar dust, actually sweep dust away, scientists discovered. For years, researchers have observed swirling dust clouds around systems called recurring novas, which periodically explode. New images of a distant nova have now overturned astronomers' long-standing assumption that the dust originates in the blasts. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Huge Fireworks Explosion picked by sbalaciu 1 year ago

An explosion near the intersection of Lexington Avenue and 41st Street near Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal sent plumes of smoke or steam into the air, injured six people and forced building evacuations. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

Huge explosion, mushroom cloud, cordoned off neighborhoods and PINK FLAMES

3 confirmed dead as at least 15 fire trucks battle the blaze. picked by moe 8 months ago

Dozens of people were injured - more than 30 of them critically - in an explosion at a sugar refinery near Savannah, Georgia, Thursday evening, law enforcement and medical officials said. picked by mahler87 7 months ago

Last September, a supernova burst into a cosmic flame 100 times more intense than any event on record—and left scientists scratching their heads. Now, two new studies attempt to explain the remarkable explosion. One sets up the explosion with a cannibalistic star, while the other describes how colliding layers of jettisoned gas could outshine all other supernovae. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

Some great audio of an 8-year old girl from Dublin, Ireland making prank phone calls. Becky is featured on an Irish morning radio show. Get started with a clip where she contacts a demolition company to blow up her school. Fill yer boots, man! picked by Mershaullk 2 years ago

US police have cordoned off a section of New York City's Times Square to investigate a small explosion picked by topofall 6 months ago

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has discovered evidence of an ancient volcanic explosion at "Home Plate," a plateau of layered bedrock approximately 2 meters (6 feet) high within the "Inner Basin" of Columbia Hills, at the rover's landing site in Gusev Crater. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Star Explosion in it's beauty picked by niceplime 1 year ago

As of 3:30 pm PST, Russian officials say 78 bodies of miners have been recovered from the mine site explosion in Siberia, but fear casualities will increase. picked by indierockcafe 1 year ago

The kids at College Humor pulled off a prank of epic proportions; one guy put a fake marriage proposal on the big screen at Yankee Stadium as his friend, the object of the prank, sat agape with his girlfriend, who said "yes" before he had a chance to alert her to the joke. picked by misswinkle 12 months ago