Thursday, March 6, 2008

Wednesday roundup - look out below!

Finally, if you're a fan of strange news, I don't want to upset you, but ... According to some reports, Earth could be in the crosshairs of the gamma rays of a death star.

Yes, in the crosshairs of the gamma rays of a death star.

Can you believe it?!

If Bill Nye the Science Guy is on your list of people to meet before you die, click here to read about the scary celestial supernova-to-be in the words of the physicist who discovered the rotating pinwheel system known as Wolf-Rayet, or WR104 (come on, who else is going to compare a death star and James Bond?). If not, click here for the explanation written for the rest of us.