Xinomorph

I can't find anything online about this just yet, but according to this lunchtime's BBC London News, the London Planetarium is to close.

Announced today by its parent company, Madame Tussauds, this is apparently due to falling visitor numbers. In its place will be an extension of their adjacent property and tourist attraction, the famous Madame Tussauds waxworks, from this summer.

In short, I find this to be fucking shocking. Replacing real stars with 'stars'. How boring. I know which I'd rather see.

 

Still, the Royal Observatory here in Greenwich is at present building its own planetarium, due to open in 2007, so I suppose it's not a TOTAL loss...

 

I hate the world of celebrity.