By analyzing images from NASA's Cassini Radar instrument, a Brigham Young University professor helped discover and analyze mountains on Saturn's largest moon, additional evidence that it has some of the most earthlike processes of any celestial body in the solar system. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Iranian artist Ali Khaliqi has designed the world's largest, hand-woven carpet. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

If you wanted to visit the world's largest fish tank, you'd have to go to Okinawa, Japan, home of the "Kuroshio Sea," otherwise known as the Churaumi Aquarium. picked by punthe 1 month ago

Currently the world’s largest airplane, the An-225 Mriya (Dream) is an enlarged version of the An-124. The original purpose of the An-225 was to ferry large components used in the Soviet space program. These duties were formerly performed by a modified M-4 Molot bomber, but this aircraft did not have the payload capabilities required by the rocketry developments of the 1980s. picked by Betmenko 1 year ago

A groundbreaking took place Monday at Nellis Air Force Base, just north of Las Vegas, Nevada, in the desolate, arid, windswept Mojave Desert. The ceremony will initiate construction on what will be the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) array in the United States, capable of producing 15-18 megawatts of power. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Researchers found evidence of microbreweries across Ireland, which predates the 1759 foundation of the Guinness brewery by several thousand years. picked by misswinkle 12 months ago

Or is it the largest?
According to this participant, in 1958, 1200 pianists performed together picked by suebe 10 months ago

Astronomers believe they've glimpsed light from some of the universe's first stars through the world's largest telescope on the Big Island. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

An image of a horse created with more than half a million toothpicks in homage to Antoni Gaudi earned Albanian artist Saimir Strati a second entry in the Guinness Book of Records on Tuesday. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

The 30ft erection, named Sky Pillar, has been built at Longwan Shaman Amusement Park in Changchun city. *NSFW?*

Dupe: picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

An international team of astronomers with the Trans-atlantic Exoplanet Survey announce today the discovery of TrES-4, a new extrasolar planet in the constellation of Hercules. The new planet was identified by astronomers looking for transiting planets – that is, planets that pass in front of their home star – using a network of small automated telescopes. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

With a viewing area that measures 11 feet by 6 1/4 feet and 8.84 million pixels of resolution, the TV (which has no model number and no date for being commercialized) is regularly thronged by crowds of slack-jawed onlookers, unable to comprehend the thing. picked by punthe 7 months ago

A $100,000 price tag will get you 27 x 15ft (60 million pixels) of displaying power. picked by groggie 2 years ago

She's a bit big! picked by topofall 4 months ago

Wanna hear what it sounds like?
picked by glik 1 year ago

'I've Never Seen Anything Like It' picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Renee Williams became the largest person ever to have gastric bypass surgery earlier this year after ballooning to nearly seventy stone – but died 12 days later.

(british plimers, how heavy is a "stone" again?) picked by muppet 7 months ago

Each capsule is the size of a bus and can accommodate 28 people, available for parties too! Much more here.

Update to this post. picked by cb__ 5 months ago

at the Burlington Pez Museum

Can you imagine the size of the candy bricks? picked by suebe 7 months ago

The massive adverts, which measure 20,000 square metres, or the size of three football pitches, are soon to appear in fields near Heathrow airport. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago