FOR starry news, space updates and a great-looking site, visit space.com (www.space.com).

A recent feature entitled What's Shakin' was about a satellite being launched that would help monitor, and hopefully predict, earthquakes.

Other stories that caught one's eye were the dying stars in the Tarantula Nebula and the Mystery of the Sun's two north poles.

For some fantastic news and views of the skies and space visit spaceweather.com (www.spaceweather.com).

It is current and up-to-date, offering views of the aurora borealis alerts for northern Europe, Canada, the US and New Zealand.

The site included a fantastic photograph of an Alaskan Northern Nights scene, complete with a shooting star.

You can also get asteroid hazard warnings and geomagnetic storm outlooks.

There's enough information to take you well into the night. Enjoy!

BRITISH Telecom have launched an Internet-based home security system that will alert you if something is wrong in your house.

Called BT Home Monitoring, the 24-hour security system works whether the homeowner is in or out.

Using wireless sensors it can detect changes in your home and alert you of any disturbance by phone, text message or email.

It can also include smoke detectors which will send an early warning of the threat of fire as well as check if a child has come home from school.

Gas leak and flood detectors will be added to the system later in the year, along with a web-cam.

The system works on both a standard or an ADSL broadband line and the self install system costs £299.99.

IF you ever wondered where a can of beans goes for its holidays then check out beans-around-the-world.com.

Years ago a man forgot to collect a portion of leftover beans from his friend's car and so a crazy journey began. The site will take you around the world from Minnesota to Canada and on to Germany. You can even download your own bean tin label and submit pictures of beans you have seen.