He should be able to dine out on this story for years to come.
A teenager on work experience discovered a new planet 1000 light years away. Tom Wagg was 15 when he spotted a tiny dip in the light of a distant star during his week-long placement at Keele University. After two years of further research, astronomers have confirmed that he witnessed a mystery planet passing in front of the star.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/69341609/
Did you notice that it is not described as a "previously unknown" planet, but as a mystery planet. (Even a little bit of woo is better than none at all.)
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