(What I don’t understand is how, if black holes are formed when matter is very dense, why there was a big bang at all when supposedly back then matter was reeeaaallly dense. Anyway…)

Now we know that this enormous, space-devouring monster exists, are we going to see a new Age of Peace, or will we all turn into Nihilists…or Hedonists? Existential questions must be tugging at our minds demanding an explanation and coupled with the economic downturn it’s incredible more of us aren’t jumping off bridges or underneath high speed trains. I mean, what’s left to live for really?

Well, Pelorian Cats for one thing. And the January Sales. There’ll be some fantastic bargains to be had in just a few weeks time, not least on cheap bed linen. Before we all go and join an end-of-the-world cult, I think we should take a moment to think about what’s really important in life.