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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The spectacular blast demolished the entire front of his house, hurled masonry 50ft into the air and filled the street with rubble and glass. But because Jimmy was at the epicentre of the explosion it hurled all the debris away from him and he suffered only cuts and bruises. picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago

Though the explosion was small, it blew out some of the ceiling tiles and singed the girl's hair.

small explosions blow out ceiling tiles??? picked by smarty1052 1 year ago

One moment, the little girl was sitting on the couch in her home. The next, the split-level house in suburban Pittsburgh was obliterated by a natural-gas explosion and the girl was covered with debris in the yard next to a neighbor’s house. picked by MandolinOrange 6 months ago

The most powerful explosion ever observed may have been even more powerful than first thought. Nearly three weeks after the bright 'gamma-ray burst' occurred, it is still outshining its host galaxy, dumbfounding astronomers with its amazing longevity. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Blast believed to have started in industrial propane tank leaves 3 dead, 37 injured, undetermined number of workers missing picked by Wingnut 2 years ago

Deaths are serious setback to Branson space plan. picked by hisidea 1 year ago