Astronomers may have discovered the first planet in another galaxy — thought to be six or seven times the size of Jupiter.
In order to find the celestial body, located more than two million light years away, the astronomers used a method called gravitational microlensing. picked by bingo 9 months ago

The U.S. Marine Corps wrapped up nearly seven years in Iraq on Saturday, handing over duties to the Army and signaling the beginning of an accelerated withdrawal of American troops. picked by NoPantsMan 2 months ago

NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has discovered entrances to seven possible caves on the slopes of a Martian volcano. The find is fueling interest in potential underground habitats and sparking searches for caverns elsewhere on the Red Planet. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Why Salsa Dance? Why dance at all? It's not terribly easy, and it does take some time and effort to get proficient at it. You may not have ever though about doing it in your entire life. picked by crazyirvin 2 years ago

Two Syrian commando battalions have crossed into Lebanon and taken up positions in seven villages. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Ahh, the poor widdle “preacher of hate”, who is serving seven years for inciting the murder of non-Muslims is suffering "racist bullying" according to his wife. Seems like karma to me. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

A list of the top seven deadly burgers. picked by DemureArt 2 years ago

A university has apologised to a scientist for throwing away his treasured collection of lizard faeces. picked by Franz6 1 year ago

An Oklahoma man missing for seven years was located when he applied for a South Dakota driver's license so he could visit his mother this Sunday. picked by kakana 11 months ago

A stone tablet found in a cave in Abauntz in the Navarra region of northern Spain is believed to contain the earliest known representation of a landscape.

Engravings on the stone, which measures less than seven inches by five inches, and is less than an inch thick, appear to depict mountains, meandering rivers and areas of good foraging and hunting picked by Bingo 7 months ago

I love this kind of thing. The three co-stars of the Harry Potter series sure grew up since their first film seven years ago. picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago

“My parents loved each other so much, they have lived in seclusion for over 50 years and never been apart a single day.” Liu MingSheng, one of their seven children said, “He hand carved more than 6,000 steps over the years for my mother’s convenience, although she doesn’t go down the mountain that much.” picked by Muppetmaker 2 years ago

Phoenix survived the seven minutes of terror to successfully land in the Martian polar mission, where it will dig for water.

Edit: First image in comments picked by Fanatic 2 years ago

The Snuggie has sparked a global cult following, Facebook fan clubs and close to seven million sales since being unleashed in America late last year. picked by kakana 9 months ago

Harry Potter is a left-winger and the seven books by J.K. Rowling are a diatribe against Thatcherite Britain, a French philosopher said Friday on the day of the last novel's publication in French. picked by wags273 2 years ago

They began to show up after the Challenger disaster. In 1988, during NASA's first shuttle flight after the accident, a bouquet of roses was delivered to Mission Control in Houston. Seven red ones, plus one white. picked by dollyllama 12 months ago

A black and white comic set in feudal Japan. picked by dOntEAtpOOp 3 months ago

The decomposed corpse of a German man was found alone in his bed after nearly seven years, police in the western city of Essen said on Thursday. picked by deepcleanfun 3 years ago

Every Friday for the next seven weeks they'll be running a video diary by Simon Pegg. Here's episode one, plus an introduction by the man himself picked by lostsoul135 2 years ago

A man who lost his sight 30 years ago says he can now see flashes of light after being fitted with a bionic eye. Ron, 73, had the experimental surgery seven months ago at London's Moorfield's eye hospital. Update to coldbladed's post HERE picked by psycmoe 1 year ago