Friday, August 24, 2007

Thar's a hole in the Cosmos, Dear Liza...

Current theories:

1. It's where all the Republican politicians go when they die.
2. It's a metaphor for Bush's brain.
3. It is Bush's brain.
4. All of the above.

Astronomers Find a Hole in the Universe - washingtonpost.com

WASHINGTON -- Astronomers have stumbled upon a tremendous hole in the universe. That's got them scratching their heads about what's just not there. The cosmic blank spot has no stray stars, no galaxies, no sucking black holes, not even mysterious dark matter. It is 1 billion light years across of nothing. That's an expanse of nearly 6 billion trillion miles of emptiness, a University of Minnesota team announced Thursday.
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