Students at a UK grammar school used bricks to spell out a certain word for a certain bit of male anatomy (co*k), on the school's roof. Then it was spotted by satellite, in a Google Earth image picked by bornbad 6 months ago

A number of people claim to have seen UFOs in Cambridgeshire after dazzling orange lights flashed across the night sky. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

After more than two years of very low sunspot activity and hardly any flares, the sun is ramping up activity now. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The Beck's Petrel, last seen in the 1920s and long thought to be extinct, has been rediscovered near Papua New Guinea. picked by MandolinOrange 2 years ago

The newcomer, which was filmed by a television news helicopter, has excited marine scientists who think it may be related to Migaloo - to date, the only known all-white humpback whale. picked by deEPCHIll 1 year ago

The hoof-like marks were a chilling echo of a phenomenon first recorded in 1855 — and Jill Wade now hopes to solve the ancient mystery. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

A new image of a gaseous space nebula reveals tens of thousands of giant comet-like knots raining down in a star-spangled cosmic fireworks display.
The gorgeous photograph by Japan's Subaru Telescope in Hawaii, released this week, reveals fresh details about the aftermath of a star's death, but the origin of the knots remains a mystery. picked by kakana 5 months ago

A tropical storm was not what astronomers expected to see when they pointed their telescopes toward the equator of Saturn's moon Titan last summer. But that's exactly what they found on this beguiling moon, home to a weather system both eerily familiar and perplexingly strange. picked by kakana 3 months ago

The orbiting X-ray telescopes XXM-Newton and Chandra have caught a pair of galaxy clusters merging into a giant cluster. The discovery adds to existing evidence that galaxy clusters can collide faster than previously thought. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Canteen staff at Flintshire council had decided it would be referred to as "Spotted Richard" on their menu after "immature comments" by some customers. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Scientists in Britain say they have found the first genes that are associated with testicular cancer, the commonest form of cancer for men between the ages of 15 and 45. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

In scenes reminiscent of Independence Day, a ring-shaped luminous cloud was seen above Moscow city's Western District on Wednesday, last week. picked by Bornbad 1 month ago

The Hubble Space Telescope has taken a snapshot of a picturesque planetary nebula tucked away in a distant cluster of stars within the Milky Way Galaxy. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

Two backpackers trekking around Australia spotted a two metre tall furry naked dude running around in the Bush.

Perhaps Sasquatch is taking a year out to find himself. picked by pocksucket 7 months ago

Astronomers have spotted small galaxies near the beginning of time that resemble ancestors of our own galactic home. The tiny galaxies are about one-tenth to one-twentieth the size of the Milky Way and have 40 times fewer stars. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A pink baby elephant has been caught on camera in Botswana. A wildlife cameraman took pictures of the calf when he spotted it among a herd of about 80 elephants in the Okavango Delta. *He wasn't drinking* picked by suebe 8 months ago

If you live in California, Nevada, Arizona or Texas, you probably know all about the 99¢ Only Stores, where nothing is “over 99¢, ever!” It’s a great place to pick up lightbulbs, cleaning supplies, crackers, greeting cards, and office supplies, all for under a buck. But man-o-man are there some random, hilarious finds if you’ve got some extra time to kill. Here ar... read full post picked by humanlink 2 years ago

A terrified woman weaved in and out of traffic at high speed in a bid to dislodge a snake slithering across her windscreen.
Carol Dixon-Yeung first spotted the brightly-coloured reptile as she headed to the supermarket after it wriggled out from beneath the bonnet of her silver Audi TT and began to glide across the windscreen. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

This extremely rare and beautiful “pink dolphin” was spotted and photographed by Capt. Erik Rue of Calcasieu Charter Service on June 24th, 2007 during a charter fishing trip on Calcasieu Lake south of Lake Charles, LA. picked by sicc 2 years ago

A deer with a single horn in the center of its head — much like the fabled, mythical unicorn — has been spotted in a nature preserve in Italy, park officials said Wednesday. picked by pvisi111 1 year ago