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The shadow of the meteor's trail (about 100 miles long), and the hot air glowing in its wake.
explosions

See the Aftermath of a Fireball Meteor Exploding Above the Clouds

Just 33 feet wide, with the power of 10 atomic bombs.
Matthew Taub March 25, 2019
A grape meets a hydrogel bead, and sparks fly.
science

These Physicists Finally Figured Out Why Microwaved Grapes Ignite

They're raisin hell.
Anne Ewbank February 20, 2019
Apep appears to be watching us.
astronomy

See the Newly Found, Explosive Star System Named for an Egyptian Snake God

Apep has the right conditions for the biggest known explosion in the universe.
Matthew Taub November 19, 2018
MOFAD's puffing gun in action.
Gastro Obscura

The Puffing Gun

Many popular cereals exploded out of its chamber and into existence.
Nye County, Nevada

Project Faultless Site

The site of an underground detonation of a megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
A granite monument surrounded by test wells marks the site of the nuclear bomb tests in southern Mississippi, code-named Salmon and Sterling.
Lumberton, Mississippi

Salmon/Sterling Nuclear Tests Marker

This largely forgotten piece of Cold War history stands hidden in the woods just north of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
gardens

If You Had to Have a Scandal in 2017, Why Not Make It a Charming One?

The highlights of the lowlights.
Natasha Frost December 19, 2017
Completed Japanese balloon is inflated for laboratory tests at a California base, recovered in 1945.
Omaha, Nebraska

Site of a Japanese Balloon Bomb Explosion

These experimental weapons brought World War II to Nebraska as well as 26 other U.S. states.
These overalls might look harmless, but what if they exploded?
farms

The Bizarre Case of New Zealand's Exploding Pants

Weeds. Chemicals. Fire. Trousers.
Eric Grundhauser September 20, 2017
Aerial view of the town.
Almeida, Portugal

Fortress of Almeida

The medieval town's star-shaped walls are geometrically dazzling, though not entirely impenetrable.
Forest Park, Illinois

Haymarket Martyrs Monument

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.
Heligoland (foreground) and Düne beyond.
Heligoland, Germany

Heligoland

This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.
A healthy oak eggar moth caterpillar.
zombies

Exploding Zombie Caterpillars Rain Death From on High

Creepy, yes, but not apocalyptic.
Natasha Frost August 2, 2017
Washington, D.C.

Fireworks Safety Zone on the National Mall

On the Fourth of July this area will transform into a Pompeii-like storm of falling embers and ash.
Watch for exploding parking lots.
news

A Broken Kyiv Water Main Caused an Impressive Street Explosion

Asphalt shouldn't bend like that.
Eric Grundhauser May 31, 2017
A warning sign at the site.
Parachute, Colorado

Rulison Nuclear Test Site

The site where a nuclear bomb was lowered over 8,000 feet underground and detonated as an experiment in natural gas extraction.
The face in the window.
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Face in the Window at St. Paul's Church

The profile of one ill-fated deacon was emblazoned forever on this church window during the Halifax explosion.
arctic circle

Siberia Has Installed Its First 'Exploding Pingo Detector'

The sensor will warn scientists about methane-filled hills on the tundra.
Cara Giaimo April 11, 2017