it's also the International Year of Natural Fibres
http://www.naturalfibres2009.org/en/index.html
and
THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE SHARK 2009
http://www.year-of-the-shark-2009.org/
so let's combine them by .....
knitting a cool woollen fluffy dice in the shape of lil'sharks. ...aww then we can hang them off our car mirrors. Now to add the astronomy hmmm?
Then drive our cars off a cliff when we realise we're into astronomy. :P
ps kidding...I love astronomy