Missourian
Diamond Member
That's right folks...you too are invited to pour over images of the heavens in search of elusive Planet 9...
Scientists working with a number of institutions have created a website filled with data that will allow people to hunt for previously undiscovered objects circling the sun from beyond Neptune's orbit.
The website, called Backyard Worlds: Planet 9, asks people to look through flipbooks of images to try to find "failed stars," known as brown dwarfs, or even the elusive "Planet 9" — a theoretical planet thought to circle the sun from the reaches of the solar system.
Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 should help add to the automated searches for these objects already underway.
Good luck...and be sure to have an awesome planetary moniker ready in the event you hit the scientific jackpot...
Scientists working with a number of institutions have created a website filled with data that will allow people to hunt for previously undiscovered objects circling the sun from beyond Neptune's orbit.
The website, called Backyard Worlds: Planet 9, asks people to look through flipbooks of images to try to find "failed stars," known as brown dwarfs, or even the elusive "Planet 9" — a theoretical planet thought to circle the sun from the reaches of the solar system.
Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 should help add to the automated searches for these objects already underway.