An amateur Dutch Astronomer, Hanny Van Arkel, through the use of the Internet has discovered a mysterious cosmic mass. According to one physicist the 25 year old schoolteacher's find shows how "citizen science" has come of age in the Internet era. For a complete understanding on how Hanny discovered Hanny's Voorweep Hanny's Object, the name now given to the cosmic "ghost") go to the link below for the CNN report.

Hanny Van Arkel of "Hanny's Voorweep"