Wednesday, June 30, 2010

NASA Needs You: 6 Ways to Help an Astronomer

Wired lists 6 Ways to Help an Astronomer "Astronomy is one of the few scientific fields where amateur scientists can, and frequently do, make significant contributions. But now space scientists are increasingly also looking to people with little or no training for help with their research. Sometimes they are looking for free labor for tasks that humans can still do better than computers, like identifying different types of galaxies. Other times it’s numbers of eyes on the sky or feet on the ground they’re after. But more and more, they are finding ways to get regular citizens involved.

Here are some astronomy projects you can take part in right now."

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