Citizen scientists discover strange new world that pro astronomers missed

[JacksinPA]

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/scienc...e-new-world-pro-astronomers-missed-ncna956761

The newfound exoplanet is unlike anything in our solar system

With help from a dead spacecraft, citizen scientists just discovered an alien world that professional astronomers had overlooked.

The newfound exoplanet orbits a small red star 226 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Taurus. Roughly twice as big as Earth, K2-288Bb circles its host star in the so-called habitable zone, where liquid water and possibly life could exist.
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Spotted in the so-called 'Goldilocks Zone' around this distant star, bringing the total number of confirmed exoplanets to 3,869, including more than 40 with conditions that might be capable of sustaining life.

The newly discovered planet was found in the trove of data saved from the now defunct NASA’s Kepler space telescope. The light from the red star was observed to dim in a regular pattern, indicating the transit of a planet between it & the probe.

 

[celticwar17]

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/scienc...e-new-world-pro-astronomers-missed-ncna956761

The newfound exoplanet is unlike anything in our solar system

With help from a dead spacecraft, citizen scientists just discovered an alien world that professional astronomers had overlooked.

The newfound exoplanet orbits a small red star 226 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Taurus. Roughly twice as big as Earth, K2-288Bb circles its host star in the so-called habitable zone, where liquid water and possibly life could exist.
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Spotted in the so-called 'Goldilocks Zone' around this distant star, bringing the total number of confirmed exoplanets to 3,869, including more than 40 with conditions that might be capable of sustaining life.

The newly discovered planet was found in the trove of data saved from the now defunct NASA’s Kepler space telescope. The light from the red star was observed to dim in a regular pattern, indicating the transit of a planet between it & the probe.

That's impressive... Looking for planet is not easy, they are relatively small object that emit no light in the vastness of space. Agronomists have to study stars one by one... and there are so many xD

And that's pretty cool that the planet is so close. It's close enough to where we could feasibly travel to one day.

 

[Lutherf]

That's impressive... Looking for planet is not easy, they are relatively small object that emit no light in the vastness of space. Agronomists have to study stars one by one... and there are so many xD

And that's pretty cool that the planet is so close. It's close enough to where we could feasibly travel to one day.

It can't be that hard. Captain Kirk found new planets every week.