The Constitutional Court has ruled that crucifixes must be banished from state classrooms if even one parent objects.

ECONOMIST: Germany

Well, if the history of past purchases such as Hyperion and Business Objects is any indication, the new parent company will gut them by laying off nearly all of their employees (especially the designers), add the products to their own catalog, and never seriously upgrade those products again.

FORBES: Software PACMAN

Trappist (TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope) will study exoplanets by measuring at high precision the "brightness dips" that can be caused by objects transiting (passing in front of) their parent star.

BBC: New robotic telescope in Chile set for planet hunt

Under one scenario, small dust grains circling around a parent star collide, get larger and larger, and under the force of gravity develop into much larger objects.

WSJ: Possible New Planet Spotted Under Formation