The power of a supernova in watts
Based on supernova ASSASN-15lh. A mere one second of this supernova had a billion trillion times more energy than the biggest nuclear blast ever created.
The amount of uranium, in grams, which underwent nuclear fission in the Hiroshima bomb
Approximately.
How many years ago the last supervolcano erupted
Taupo in New Zealand.
Distance from Krakatoa to Mauritius, where the eruption was heard, in miles
The Krakatoa volcano erupted in 1883.
The height of the highest-ever tsunami, in metres
Lituya Bay, Alaska, 1958. Several scientific sources quote this number. Wikipedia lists the height as 120 metres.
The Richter scale number of the most powerful known earthquake
Valdivia Earthquake, Chile (1960)
The speed in mph at which a dracula ant can move its mandibles
The fastest movement of any animal on Earth.
Record wind speed on Earth (excepting tornadoes) in mph
Barrow Island, Australia, April 10th, 1996.
Record wind speed on Earth in mph
A tornado in Oklahoma, 3 May 1999
Highest known wind speed anywhere, in mph
On Neptune.
A typical distance that a tectonic plate will move due to a large earthquake (in metres)
Up to 50m has been reported.
The sun could fit this many times into red supergiant UY Scuti
Remarkably, UY Scuti is only 7-10 times heavier than the sun.
The hottest temperature ever measured, in Kelvin
In a quark-gluon plasma created in an experiment.
The mass of a thimbleful of neutron star material, in tons
That's about 300 Empire State Buildings.
The speed of the fastest aircraft ever, in mph
The unmanned NASA X-43.
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5 billion
9.5
100 million
200
253
302
524
1,200
4,800
6,755
27,000
220000000000000000000000000000000000000
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