Darius Turner: photography from Australia. Images to leave home for. more inside

Comet McNaught (a surprise comet) , has become a naked-eye object. If you have a clear view of the W-WSW horizon line, you can see it just after sunset. A map is available on the Skytonight.com homepage. Each night the comet will appear closer to the sun (and thus more difficult to see). It will round the sun later this month and then reemerge - each night/morning getting a bit farther from the sun (and thus easier to see). It may appear even brighter then. more inside

Raising the Dead: Two years ago today, Dave Shaw lost his life at the bottom of Boesmansgat ("Bushman's Hole"), one of the world's deepest freshwater caves, while trying to recover the body of a diver who had died in it ten years earlier. more inside

Stephen Hawking to be launched into space.

Memorynet is a collection of memories from the North East (of England). (Flash desirable) Themes such as superstitions and traditions are worth a look.