I Can Get Behind That

I just found the coolest web site, yo! It's so fly!

Okay, sorry, I'm not good at sound hip. And the fact that I just used the word "hip" to refer to something other than the body party pretty much proves that point.

But seriously, you need to go check out Galaxy Zoo. It's a web site put together by some astronomers that lets you help with their research. The basic premise is that they've got all these images of galaxies that have been taken by telescopes over the years, but there's simply not enough people or computer power to look at all these pictures and start classifying them.

So, at the Galaxy Zoo, you can help out by looking at pictures of galaxies and categorizing them. There's a quick 10 minute tutorial, and then a 15 question quiz just to make sure you got the right idea, and then you can start looking at galaxies. But be warned, its strangely addicting and you may find it difficult to stop.

Online astronomical collaboration: I can get behind that!

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p.s. - In case you're not one of the millions who are already using it, go download the seti@home screen saver and lend your unused computer processor power to the search for extraterrestrial life.