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Super-Earth, three gas giants discovered by high school students using TESS data
The mentorship program the students were part of, connects high schoolers interested in research with real-world scientists at Harvard and MIT.
Feb 02, 2021 09:33:14 IST
Two highschoolers from Massachusetts have helped discover four new exoplanets, according to new reports. The high school students, 12-year-old Kartik Pingle and 18-year-old Jasmine Wright are the second and third authors on the paper describing the discovery that was published on 25 January in
release by Harvard, the two participated in the research which detailed the discovery of four new exoplanets about 200-light years away from Earth through the Student Research Mentoring Program (SRMP) at the Center for Astrophysics at Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA).
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Two high school students and their mentor, MIT postdoc Tansu Daylan, have discovered four new exoplanets located about 200 light years from Earth, reports Nora McGreevy for
Smithsonian. The students were participating in the Student Research Mentoring Program, which pairs young astronomers with scientists at MIT and Harvard. “[The students] are so good at finding things that may skip your eyes, basically. It’s fun. And I really like the exchange of ideas,” Daylan adds.
1 February 2021, 3:40 am EST By Two high school students discovered four new exoplanets using NASA s TESS. ( Screenshot from YouTube/CrashCourse )
Two high school kids have finally applied what they have learned from their astronomy class after stumbling through a sudden discovery of four new exoplanets using NASA s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite). The future seems bright for aspiring astronomers in the future.
Two High Schoolers Came Across Space for a New Finding
January is full of astronomical events that have been sighted upon revelation, and yet, two students from highschool made the cut for a new planetary uncovering after seeing never-before-seen exoplanets that are roaming freely in the vast space.
High School Students Discover Four Exoplanets About 200 Light-Years Away From Earth
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It has recently come to light that four new exoplanets have been discovered that are about 200-light-years away from Earth! The discovery has been made by two high school students who were part of the Student Research Mentoring Program (SRMP) at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
As per the reports, two high schoolers, Jasmine Wright, 18 and Kartik Pinglé, 16, made the discovery and their work has been published in the Astronomical Journal. “We report the discovery and validation of four extrasolar planets hosted by the nearby, bright, Sun-like (G3V) star HD 108236 using data from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). We present transit photometry, reconnaissance, and precise Doppler spectroscopy, as well as high-resolution imaging, to validate the planetary nature of the objects transiting H