At a distance of 320 light years from Earth there is a planet in constant daylight, with three suns and seasons longer than a human lifetime. We don鈥檛 just know it鈥檚 there, we have visual proof.
That鈥檚 because at just 22 years old Kentucky native Kevin Wagner not only discovered the planet, he did what few explorers have done, he captured images of it.
The grad made the discovery in his first year as a Ph.D. student working with a team of astronomers from the at the . He calls the newly discovered planet 鈥沦肠辞谤辫颈辞苍-1产.鈥�
Here to talk about this discovery and why direct imaging of exoplanets is so important to advancements in astronomy are University of Arizona Ph.D. student Kevin Wagner; Professor Dr. Michael Sitko; and Outreach Astronomer and Co-host of the PBS series , Dean Regas. Dean Regas is also author of the book, .
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