Astronomers have found an enormous hole in the Universe, nearly a billion light-years across, empty of both normal matter such as stars, galaxies, and gas, and the mysterious, unseen "dark matter." While earlier studies have shown holes, or voids, in the large-scale structure of the Universe, this new discovery dwarfs them all. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

It took 78 years of golfing, but a 90-year-old man finally got his first hole in one. On Thursday morning, Howard Tanner aced the 123-yard ninth hole of the Wynmoor Community Council Golf Course in Coconut Creek. He first took up the game as a teenager in Long Island, N.Y., while working as a caddie. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A sleep-deprived office worker accidentally discovers a black hole and then greed gets the better of him...
Nice short movie picked by wildminou 4 days ago

Police said inmates used pancake batter and toothpaste to cover a hole they made to allow a female inmate to slide into the next cell and join a male inmate. Now steel plates are being added to the Missouri jail's interior walls. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

Astronomers have found an enormous hole in the Universe, nearly a billion light-years across, empty of both normal matter such as stars, galaxies, and gas, and the mysterious, unseen "dark matter." While earlier studies have shown holes, or voids, in the large-scale structure of the Universe, this new discovery dwarfs them all. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The Blue Hole is a geological oddity, so much so that in March of 1996 it was declared a World Heritage Site and later declared a National Monument in February of 1999. picked by kxmk 1 year ago

This is the Ozone Hole Watch web site, where you can check on the latest status of the ozone layer over the South Pole. Satellite instruments monitor the ozone layer, and data is used to create the images that depict the amount of ozone. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Stop it.
Find out where you'd come out if you dug a hole from your neighborhood on down to the other side of the earth. picked by gnikgnok 1 year ago

Something like this could ruin your whole day. picked by KAkanA 4 months ago

This year's Antarctic ozone hole is the largest on record, according to US government scientists. picked by robfouryqr 2 years ago

From story:
"He chose a 42-inch katana, a Japanese samurai sword, and went inside to confront Lee Alexander, a 25-year-old ranch hand from Polk County who was convicted in 2000 of a lewd and lascivious act on a person under 16. Less than 15 minutes later, Alexander was dead." picked by indierockcafe 2 years ago

We are close to seeing the true blackness of a black hole. Astronomers have detected radio emission coming from within 30 million kilometres of the dark object, thought to be a colossal black hole, that lies at the centre of the galaxy. Includes video. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

I guess when you're a firefighter in a small town you have to start your own fires. picked by civicracer18c1 2 years ago

Dr Chris MacLeod, from Cardiff University, said the Earth's crust appeared to be completely missing in an area thousands of kilometres across. He said it was an "open wound on the surface of the Earth", where the oceanic crust, usually 6-7km thick (3.7-4.3 miles), was simply not there. picked by Browntrout 2 years ago

Although the ozone layer over the Antarctic this year is relatively small, this is due to mild temperatures in the region’s stratosphere this winter and is not a sign of recovery, the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said today. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The geological oddity measures some 330 feet (100 meters) across and is located on an otherwise bright dusty lava plain to the northeast of Arsia Mons, one of the four giant Tharsis volcanoes on the red planet. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

The incredible amount of energy given off across the entire electromagnetic spectrum during a gamma-ray burst is what Jonathan Grindlay of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics calls "the birth pangs of a black hole. This is the scream." picked by AutumnLotus 2 months ago

You can't even walk in your neighborhood anymore. picked by tomphoolry 2 years ago

Some may say that it's a bloody big hole in the ground. And it is. But it's more as well. There's a hotel in it. And a mine.

Here's some more info in slightly more wordy form. picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

I once worked on a drill rig for a gold mining company and I remember at times we had difficulty getting down a mere 2,500 feet for samples. I can't even imagine going down 7 miles! picked by Phildo 2 years ago