How a 17-year-old NASA intern spotted an odd signal in telescope data and found a planet with two suns

During a summer internship at NASA, high school junior Wolf Cukier discovered a planet orbiting two stars. While analyzing data from the TESS mission, he noticed an unusual signal that didn't fit typical patterns. This anomaly led to the confirmation of TOI-1338 b, a significant circumbinary planet and a testament to the power of human observation in modern astronomy.