I'm... so ronery, so ronery...

Happy birthday to the XMM-Newton observatory. Gets pretty lonely up there, I'm sure. In case you were wondering, it's a big ol' telescope with X-ray capability, so it's been able to pick up some pretty pictures like the supernova below. Apparently its the oldest one recorded.

On another note, the climate change conference is underway in Copenhagen. The funniest thing I've seen from this so far is Barack Obama pledging to cut emissions by 15%, with China saying something like "is that all? We can do better than you, we're going to cut by, erm, 30%!" I look forward to the counter bid by the US. Only this time I think the Republicans might be getting in the way. Bah.