“I Literally Screamed with Joy”: In a Rare Stellar Discovery, Kilonova Project Citizen Scientists Have Made a Breakthrough

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Participants in the citizen science project Kilonova Seekers have made a remarkable discovery, detecting a sharp increase in the brightness of the star GOTO0650 by 2,500 times compared to its previous values. The quick reaction and attentiveness of the observers allowed astronomers to identify the object as a cataclysmic variable star just three and a half hours after {recording} the image of the star on telescopes. This made it possible to imme…

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As part of the Kilonova Science project, everyone and everyone can search for exploding stars in between. Now there is a first big discovery.