Earth's Moon is 'cosmic rarity'

Moons like the Earth's - which are formed in catastrophic collisions - are extremely rare in the Universe, a study by US astronomers suggests.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7104558.stm

Mankind 'shortening the universe's life'

New Scientist reports a worrying new variant as the cosmologists claim that astronomers may have accidentally nudged the universe closer to its death by observing dark energy, a mysterious anti gravity force which is thought to be speeding up the expansion of the cosmos.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/11/21/scicosmos121.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox

I’m Not There

I’m Not There is a new classic film about and around the art and life of Bob Dylan. It’s worth seeing even you don’t know much about him, since it might inspire you to learn more and return for another viewing. Minimally, I think you’ll get to hear some of the greatest music of the last half century.

http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=1947