Tiny telescopes, big discoveries.
Tiny Telescope Finds Big Planet
Before you get your hopes up:
"Technically, an amateur could have discovered these candidates, but that's not enough," notes Charbonneau. "You have to keep in mind that we monitored 12,000 stars, and that it took several Ph.D. scientists working full-time for several years to build the equipment and develop the software. All the technology and components we used are commercially available, but it's very difficult to write the software and analyze the data."