NASA yesterday sent a probe crashing into Tempel 1, a 9 mile wide comet, in a bid to better understand the origins of our universe. NASA’s scientists were ecstatic at the successful collision which took place 83 million miles away from earth. The picture on the right here shows the impact of probe and comet.

The probe - Deep Impact - is about the size of a fridge although the flash it created in its collision with the icy comet was, apparently, visible from earth with the naked eye. Of course, you’d need to know where to look and when - and you could do without the thick cloud cover we’ve been ‘enjoying’ in London the last couple of weeks. But anyway. I guess it’s true we could have seen it - in theory.

According to The Scotsman though not everyone is happy with NASA’a successful operation:

A Russian astrologist, Marina Bai, is suing NASA for £170 million, claiming the Deep Impact mission has changed her horoscope.

“It is obvious that elements of the comet’s orbit, and correspondingly the ephemeris, will change after the explosion, which interferes with my astrology work and distorts my horoscope,” she said.

So how come she didn’t see this coming?