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Since Albert Einstein first proposed it, then withdrew his idea because it was just too weird to believe, physicists have puzzled about ‘dark matter.’

Two recent discoveries suggest that hard evidence of dark matter has been detected. The first of these startling discoveries is that the universe has recently started speeding up (by ?recently,? they mean between 4 and 8 billion years ago). And now the Hubble Space Telescope has spotted an ancient exploding star that provides evidence that a mysterious form of ?dark energy? is causing the expansion of the universe to accelerate.
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The post office in Shag Harbor, Nova Scotia, Canada has developed a new UFO postmark of a flying saucer, to commemorate the book ?Dark Object,? by local authors Don Ledger and Chris Styles, which is part of Whitley Strieber?s ?Hidden Agendas? series.

The postmark will feature a UFO hovering over the water, with a boat and lighthouse nearby. It will be stamped on letters and packages before they?re mailed out and will be in use after May 18, says Shag Harbor postmistress Cindy Nickerson, ?whenever anyone comes in who wants their mail stamped with it.?
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The Earth is threatened by ozone holes in the upper atmosphere that let in too many ultraviolet rays from the sun. One cause of the holes are ozone-eating clouds, made up of nitric acid and water, that are created by supercold air over the North and South Poles.

Scientists have long known about these clouds, but have just discovered the bands of frigid air in the stratosphere that help to create them. And as the Earth warms up, the stratosphere gets colder, making it an even better place to create ozone-eating clouds.
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Fifteen years ago, Lake Manoun in the country of Cameroon exploded without warning, killing 34 people while nearby Lake Nyos has taken as many as 1700 lives. The villagers who live near the lakes still talk about the strange noises and the stench of sulfur that preceeded the explosions. Those who escaped remember the rumors about bombs and returning to find silent villages, with everyone dead.

U.S. scientists have discovered that the explosions are caused by carbon dioxide gas bubbling into the water through the cracks of old volcanoes, deep beneath the lake. Trapped by the weight of the water, the gas builds up into enormous amounts, until it finally blows. It kills anyone who happens to be near the lake by blocking oxygen to the lung, suffocating them.
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