Amateur astronomers find planet with four suns
LOS ANGELES (MCT) — Amateur astronomers in a crowd-sourced science project have discovered a far-off planet that receives light from four stars.
The Neptune-sized gas giant, named PH1, is the first confirmed exoplanet to be discovered by Planethunters.org, a collaboration of amateurs working with astronomers from Yale University.
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