Backyard Approach Finds Extrasolar Planet
Science/Astronomy:
* Backyard Approach Finds Extrasolar Planet
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060523_science_tuesday.html
Three years of scouring the skies with a "homemade" telescope fashioned from
commercially available parts has finally paid off for astronomer Peter
McCullough.
* The End of Small Galaxies
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/060521_dwarf_galaxy.html
When the universe was young, countless dwarf galaxies formed, heating the
universe and preventing the formation of more small galaxies, a new study
suggests.