NASA's citizen science project Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 discovers over 4,000 cosmic objects in the Sun's neighborhood.

NASA's citizen science project, Backyard Worlds: Planet 9, collaborates with volunteers to create a new census of over 4,000 cosmic objects in the Sun's neighborhood. By using multiple telescopes with different specializations, scientists aim to understand more about our cosmic neighbors and their origins. The project's results are published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series.

April 16, 2024
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