Earth's Oceans Extraterrestrial Material?

Scientists suggests that water was not part of Earth's initial inventory but stems from the turbulence caused in the outer Solar System by giant planets.

Reference:
Volatile accretion history of the terrestrial planets and dynamic implications. Francis Albarede. Nature. 29. October 2009.

New Method To Recreate a Black Hole?

Dartmouth researchers proposed creating a new way of reproducing quantum sized black holes in the laboratory. This will enable researchers to study them and verify Stephen Hawking's proposal that black holes emit photons or Hawking radiation. The researchers show that a magnetic field-pulsed microwave transmission line containing an array of superconducting quantum interference devices or SQUIDs, which enables the exploration of analogue quantum gravitational effects.

Reference:

Dartmouth College. "New Way To Reproduce A Black Hole?." ScienceDaily 22 August 2009. 22 August 2009 .