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Amateurs Unveil Jupiter’s Cousin: A New Planet Discovered With Backyard Telescopes


Amateur astronomers have made significant contributions to astronomy by confirming a new "warm Jupiter." Using backyard telescopes and collaborating with the SETI Institute, these citizen scientists played a crucial role in observing and characterizing the transit of a newly discovered exoplanet. T

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