--- author: Eric Wagoner date: '1999-10-22T01:31:02' draft: false title: According to this article from --- According to this article from the BBC, the [Moon's not quite dead](http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_481000/481455.stm). No, there's no life, but the geology might be a bit active. From the same page, I followed a link to a story on [ the moon's tail.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_363000/363105.stm) If it were only about a thousand times brighter, it would dominate the night sky.