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Citizen scientists are being asked to hunt for supernovas in the latest incarnation of the Galaxy Zoo project A few years ago, astronomers found themselves burdened with a tricky problem. Having surveyed the night skies in a project known as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, they were faced with the giant task of analysing the images of the million or so galaxies that the survey had spotted.

Tags: Blog, Citizen Scientists, Digital Sky Survey, Galaxies, Galaxy, Giant, Images, Incarnation, Night Skies, Sloan Digital, Supernovas, Tricky Problem, Zoo Project

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