Astronomers find super-Earth using amateur, off-the-shelf technology
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 15:14
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomers announced today that they have discovered a "super-Earth" orbiting a red dwarf star 40 light-years from Earth. They found the distant planet with a small fleet of ground-based telescopes no larger than those many amateur astronomers have in their backyards. Link: ...