Find black holes while you're on the bus
'Radio Galaxy Zoo', launching today, is a new 'citizen science' project that lets anyone become a cosmic explorer.
Space Exploration
Dec 18, 2013
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News tagged with galaxy zoo
Researchers publish enormous catalog of more than 300,000 nearby galaxies
More than 83,000 volunteer citizen scientists. Over 16 million galaxy classifications. Information on more than 300,000 galaxies. This is what you get when you ask the public for help in learning more about our universe.
Astronomy
Sep 23, 2013
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Across the Zooniverse: Keeping an eye on citizen astronomy
Amateur astronomers in Russia made a discovery last week any professional would envy – it seems they may have identified the remnants of the ill-fated Soviet Mars 3 lander, 30 years after it lost contact with Earth.
Astronomy
Apr 19, 2013
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New font allows you to 'write your name in the stars'
(Phys.org)—You can now literally—yes, literally—write your name in the stars, thanks to a University of Nottingham academic.
Space Exploration
Sep 18, 2012
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Public maps out an A to Z of galaxies
Volunteers participating in the Galaxy Zoo project have been helping scientists gain new insights by classifying galaxies seen in hundreds of thousands of telescope images as spiral or elliptical. Along the way they've also ...
Astronomy
Sep 10, 2012
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Scientists study the 'galaxy zoo' using Google Maps and thousands of volunteers
The reddest galaxies with the largest central bulb show the largest bars -gigantic central columns of stars and dark matter-, according to a scientific study that used Google Maps to observe the sky. A group of volunteers ...
Astronomy
Nov 3, 2011
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Galaxy Zoo reveals curious 'Violin Clef' quadruple galaxy merger
About a month ago, a Galaxy Zoo contributor named Bruno discovered a very unique galaxy merger in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey data. The merger appeared to be a triple, or possibly quadruple system, which are indeed quite ...
Astronomy
Oct 26, 2011
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Citizen scientists making incredible discoveries
"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known," wrote Carl Sagan.
Space Exploration
Apr 25, 2011
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Citizen scientists join search for Earth-like planets
(PhysOrg.com) -- Web users around the globe will be able to help professional astronomers in their search for Earth-like planets thanks to a new online citizen science project called Planet Hunters that launches Dec. 16. ...
Space Exploration
Dec 16, 2010
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Spiral galaxies may be dying because of bars
With the help of the army of volunteers working on the Galaxy Zoo 2 'citizen science' project an international team of scientists led by a Portsmouth astrophysicist may have discovered what is killing spiral galaxies.
Astronomy
Nov 10, 2010
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