In 2019, a NASA intern scanning star data noticed a tiny glitch and uncovered a world orbiting two suns |
A seventeen-year-old intern at NASA, Wolf Cukier, discovered a unique circumbinary planet, TOI-1338 b, orbiting two stars. His diligent analysis of TESS data revealed an anomaly in light curves, leading to this significant find. Representative Image (Generated by AI) Imagine starting a summer job and, within seventy-two hours, finding something that has been hiding in…