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Astronomy enthusiast says Claude Code helped find unknown planet
Original: I think I found a planet nobody knew existed. I used Claude Code to find it
A user reports discovering a previously unknown planet by using Claude Code, Anthropic's AI coding assistant, to analyze astronomical data. The claim, shared on Reddit's ClaudeAI community, is drawing attention for suggesting AI tools can accelerate genuine scientific discovery by amateurs, though the finding has not yet been independently confirmed or published in a peer-reviewed venue.
Why now: People are excited about the possibility of AI coding tools enabling amateur contributions to scientific discovery.
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