Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Crescent Neptune and Triton

NASA ^ | April 14, 2013 | (see photo credit)

[Vendome]

Like fudge?

[Yardstick]

and emits more light than it receives from the Sun.

Okay, Uranus is officially blowing my mind.

[JCBreckenridge]

Powered by gravitational compression.

[thackney]

Massive is still a word used to describe size.

No, it primarily is used to mean having a large mass.

massive
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/massive

mas·sive adjective \’ma-siv\

1 : forming or consisting of a large mass:
b : weighty, heavy
c : impressively large or ponderous
d : having no regular form but not necessarily lacking crystalline structure

2
a : large, solid, or heavy in structure
b : large in scope or degree
c (1) : large in comparison to what is typical
(2) : being extensive and severe
(3) : imposing in excellence or grandeur

3: having mass
— mas·sive·ly adverb
— mas·sive·ness noun

[BenLurkin]

Great pic

[BenLurkin]

I hate it when my morning Obama is tightly packed.

[wastedyears]

So what’s the ive for, then?

[thackney]

- suffix

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/-ive

1. ( forming adjectives ) indicating a tendency, inclination, character, or quality: divisive ; prohibitive ; festive ; massive

2. ( forming nouns of adjectival origin ): detective ; expletive [from Latin -Ä«vus ]

[wastedyears]

I think I know why I never cared much for English class.