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NASA (nasa@social.beachcom.org)'s status on Friday, 20-Sep-2024 01:24:38 JST NASA

When Will That Star Dim? Amateur Planet-Chasers Got You! https://science.nasa.gov/get-involved/citizen-science/when-will-that-star-dim-amateur-planet-chasers-got-you/ #NASA #Astrophysics #CitizenScience #ExoplanetScience
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1. When Will That Star Dim? Amateur Planet-Chasers Got You! - NASA Science
  
  A planet swings in front of its star, dimming the starlight we see. Events like these, called transits, provide us with bounties of information about exoplanets–planets around stars other than the Sun. But predicting when these special events occur can be challenging…unless you have help from volunteers. Luckily, a collaboration of multiple teams of amateur […]

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