Claude Code helped an enthusiast find a possible exoplanet in NASA data

Space enthusiast Pavel Rabtsevich spotted star TIC 4206066 dimming for two hours every three days in NASA TESS data. Using Claude Code, he ran 74 tests that confirmed a candidate planet about 1.4x Earth's size with a 3-day orbit. TESS has queued observations for November to verify the dimming.

• Candidate planet is about 1.4x Earth's size with a 3-day orbit
• Claude Code ran 74 tests and correctly predicted dimming on hidden data
• Star TIC 4206066 dims for two hours every three days
• TESS queued observations of the region for November