Obligatory:
Carl Sagan:
The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds.
Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.
The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand.
It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.
Weather is part of the universe okay? 
All you can see at St. Kilda beach is syringes. 
SteelAttack said:
Well that's nothing, have you seen the video. According to Lawrence Krauss the Universe is made out of: around 30% of dark matter, around 70% of dark energy and around 1% of all the stuff that we can see.
Imagine this, all the stars, nebula's, black holes, planets, comets, asteroids, pulsars. Everything we can see in the vast universe is just a insignificant 1%.
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Listen to Wu-Tang and watch Kung-Fu
Here are some pictures (stolen from gaf)
The Orion Nebula (1,500 Light Years Away)
8,000 light years away the Carina Nebula is giving us the finger
Majestic Sombrero Galaxy
Galaxies
Caffeine Nebula:
Star Explodes, alien civilizations are destroyed, billions die, so we can take pretty photo....good star:
Big worm constellation
Eagle Nebula:
You could get lost in those clouds for million of years...what secrets are there to discover?
Welcome to the most awesome thread on the VG Press. Here we talk about the universe. How did it all start? Check out this awesome picture of an exploding star! Are we made of stardust? What happens in a black hole? Everything of the universe we talk about here.
But first let's start with an awesome lecture of Lawrence Krauss.
"A Universe From Nothing"
This lecture takes 1 hour and 4 minutes, but it's worth it.
Krauss talks about the shape and end of the universe. He shows some observations that led to the current understanding of the universe. Truly fascinating.