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The Community Scientists Who Helped Discover A New Planet : Short Wave When a team of exoplanetary treasure hunters joined forces with professional astronomers, they discovered a whole new world. Short Wave host Emily Kwong talks with astronomer Paul Dalba and community scientist Tom Jacobs about how their collaboration led to the recent observation of a new Jupiter-like exoplanet.

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The Community Scientists Who Helped Discover A New Planet

The Community Scientists Who Helped Discover A New Planet

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An illustration depicting a Jupiter-like exoplanet called TOI-2180 b. It was spotted by community scientists in data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt hide caption

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An illustration depicting a Jupiter-like exoplanet called TOI-2180 b. It was spotted by community scientists in data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite.

NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt

When a team of exoplanetary treasure hunters joined forces with professional astronomers, they discovered a whole new world. Short Wave host Emily Kwong talks with astronomer Paul Dalba and community scientist Tom Jacobs about how their collaboration led to the recent observation of a new Jupiter-like exoplanet.

You can follow Emily on Twitter @EmilyKwong1234 and Paul @Paul_Dalba. Email the show at ShortWave@NPR.org.

This episode was produced and fact checked by Katherine Sypher and edited by Stephanie O'Neill. Additional production from Chloee Weiner.