This incredible microscopic image makes you glad you’re five or six feet tall, not five or six inches. If we were that small, of course we wouldn’t stand much of a chance against these formidable insects, which may form up to a quarter of the mass of living creatures in any given ecosystem
. picked by Bornbad 7 months ago

Their gravitational field is so strong that all matter falling onto their surface would be super-accelerated and the impact would likely destroy the matter's atoms. picked by joskirps 2 years ago

A tiny star recently unleashed what is considered the brightest burst of light ever seen in the universe from a normal star. Shining with only 1 percent of the sun's light and boasting just a third of the sun's mass, this run-of-the-mill star previously was nothing to write home about. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

EDGARTOWN, Mass. – A rogue wave from Hurricane Bill swept spectators out to sea at a Maine park Sunday as the storm-churned surf attracted onlookers and daredevils along the Eastern Seaboard. picked by KerOBeroS32 3 months ago

Astronomers have yet to find an Earth-size planet beyond our solar system, but that hasn't stopped them from modeling what these worlds might look like. The computer models provide specs for 14 planet types, varying according to mass, diameter, composition and where the worlds could be found in our galaxy. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Black holes can't be seen, but they're detected by noting their effects on stars or gas around them. They're so dense that nothing, including light, escapes them. Only two classes of black holes are firmly established to exist: Stellar black holes typically weigh a few times the mass of the sun; supermassive black holes are loaded with millions or billions of solar masses. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Astronomers have discovered a planet somewhat larger and more massive than Neptune orbiting a star 120 light-years from Earth.

While Neptune has a diameter 3.8 times that of Earth and a mass 17 times Earth's, the new world (named HAT-P-11b) is 4.7 times the size of Earth and has 25 Earth masses. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

Passengers travelling between EU countries or taking domestic flights would have to hand over a mass of personal information, including their mobile phone numbers and credit card details, as part of a new package of security measures being demanded by the British government. The data would be stored for 13 years and used to "profile" suspects. picked by mutil8or 2 years ago

Bete Giyorgis (church of st. george) in Lalibela, Ethiopia, is the most incredible and impressive rock-hewn church on earth. As you look at these photos, remember that the entire building was carved and chiselled from a single piece rock, a structure which itself had to be isolated from the mass of rock that now surrounds it. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A huge volcanic eruption in China some 260 million years ago led to the sudden extermination of marine life clear around the world. The researchers were able to pinpoint the exact timing of the massive eruption thanks to a layer of fossilized rock which showed mass extinction of different life forms - clearly linking the volcanic blasts to a major environmental catastrophe. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Hundreds of undetected black holes, each with a mass thousands of times greater than the Sun, might be stealthily roving our galaxy, ready to devour anything that crosses their paths. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The sun bounces up and down as it roams the Milky Way, and such wavering might have hurled showers of comets Earth's way that caused mass extinctions, including the one that killed the dinosaurs, a new study claims.

Such cosmic impacts might also have spread life to alien worlds, scientists speculate. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The Japanese court agreed with Kenzaburo Oe’s assertion that the Japanese military was deeply involved in the mass suicides of civilians in Okinawa at the end of World War II.

Finally, a ray of light on some of the Japanese human abuses during the '30s and '40s. picked by DerAlt1 2 years ago

The planet Jupiter must have gained mass fast during its infancy, according to astronomers.

It had to, because the material from which the planet formed disappeared in just a few million years. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

picked by gratheo 2 years ago

Mass extinction never sounded so awesome. picked by sofsr 1 year ago

In an unmarked warehouse in Northborough, Mass., about 50 employees of the DVD rental giant Netflix sort through and repackage more than 60,000 discs every day. picked by suebe 8 months ago

Police Sgt Kim Munley saved many more lives at Fort Hood when she charged into the building where Major Nidal Malik Hasan was carrying out his mass murder gun spree. picked by 2manyusernames 4 weeks ago

If you have ever been to Washington D.C. chances are you have ridden the Metro, one of the coolest mass transit systems in the world. This site shows its development from concept to current operation. picked by mahler87 2 years ago

A team of astronomers looking at the universe’s distant past found nine young, unusually compact galaxies, each weighing in at 200 billion times the mass of the Sun.

These young galaxies are the equivalent of a human baby that is 20 inches long, yet weighs 180 pounds. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago