BBC Show Stargazing Live Leads To Exoplanet Discovery

arnodf writes "Tonight BBC's show stargazing live ended after three days of live astronomy with comedian Dara Ó Briain and professor Brian Cox. Throughout the show they were trying to make the viewers help in finding an exoplanet via Zooniverse. Thanks to the program they managed to get 1,084,760 classifications in 48 hours and two volunteers discovered an exoplanet which now bears their name. From the planethunters website: 'Thanks to your help and BBC Stargazing, we managed 1,084,760 classifications in 48 hours. There's still more to do, and more discoveries to be made, so keep clicking!'"

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Re:Great Series of shows

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Reverse kudos for hiding it on BBC2. And double rant at the BBC for putting it on BBC HD, not BBC1 HD. Most people don't even know there's a second BBC HD channel.