Roscommon observatory detects possible new planet

Roscommon-based observatory has detected what may be a new planet during routine observation of another star outside our Solar System.

Roscommon-based observatory has detected what may be a new planet during routine observation of a star outside our Solar System.

Kingsland Observatory, home to the largest modern operational telescope in the British Isles, carried out its observations in March this year and the results were recently published in 'The Astronomer', a British astronomy journal.