Yahoo! News - New Theory: Universe Born in a Black Hole Wow. This is one of those stories that make you think that science is so cool. White holes, supernovas, the beginning of time, this article's got everything.
Of course, this gives credence to the Marvel Universe theory. If you read your comics, Galactus was part of an earlier universe (which I think was destroyed by a black hole) and he was the only survivor. The transformation has made him the world-eater he is today.
(And yes, I didn't think talking about science was geeky enough, so I had to add the comic book quotient.)