DIY Planet Search
About Educational Resource
New planets are being discovered on a regular basis, but that’s not the end of the story. After new planets have been discovered the scientific community needs to follow up with further investigations. Help scientists better understand the movements of these planets around other stars by taking your own measurements of known exoplanets and contributing them to the DIY Planet Search Community.
Using the DIY tools you’ll collect and analyze your own images of other star systems. You’ll begin your investigation by choosing a star, then you’ll measure it’s brightness. The measurements you make will produce a graph of data. Using your data you’ll determine if you’ve detected a planet by looking for the tell-tale dip in your graph. To complete your investigation you’ll compare, combine, and communicate your findings with others on the DIY Planet Search Community page.