Cool new worlds found in our cosmic backyard

ScienceDaily
Aug 18, 2020, 2:21 pm127 pts
How complete is our census of the Sun's closest neighbors? Astronomers and a team of data-sleuthing volunteers participating in Backyard Worlds: Planet 9, a citizen science project, have discovered roughly 100 cool worlds near the Sun -- objects more massive than planets but lighter than stars, known as brown…

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