- Zooniverse (citizen science project)
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Zooniverse 
URL www.zooniverse.org Slogan Real science online Commercial? No Type of site Citizen science web portal Registration Optional Available language(s) English, German, Polish Owner Citizen Science Alliance[1] Created by Fingerprint Digital Media Launched 16 February 2009[2] Current status Online Zooniverse is a citizen science web portal that grew from the original Galaxy Zoo project. It hosts numerous projects which allow users to participate in scientific research from classifying galaxies to collating climate data. Unlike many early internet-based citizen science projects such as SETI@home which used spare computer processing power to analyse data, known as volunteer computing, Zooniverse projects require the active participation of human volunteers to complete research tasks. As of 15 August 2011[update], the community consists of 451,644 volunteers,[3] collectively referred to as "Zooites".[4]
Projects
Active projects currently include:
Project Description Galaxy Zoo Hubble The latest incarnation of the Galaxy Zoo project. It involves classifying hundreds of thousands of galaxies drawn from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope archive.[5] It includes galaxies with 'blue clumps' that may represent a stage in the maturing of galaxies into modern forms. Galaxy Zoo Mergers Using galactic merger discovered by the Galaxy Zoo project to study the dynamics of interacting galaxies.[6][7] Galaxy Zoo Supernovae Using the Palomar Transient Factory survey to search for supernovae for quick follow-up study by telescopes around the world.[8] Moon Zoo High-resolution images of the Moon's surface provided by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter are used by volunteers to create detailed crater counts, mapping the variation in age of lunar rocks.[9][10] Old Weather Zooites use a special interface to digitally transcribe weather data from the log books of World War 1 era Royal Navy ships. The information will be used to improve climate modelling.[11] Solar Stormwatch The project uses data including video imagery from the twin STEREO spacecraft to track the formation and evolution of coronal mass ejections.[12] Planet Hunters Identifying extrasolar planets from the light curves of stars recorded by the Kepler space telescope.[13] The Milky Way Project Detecting bubbles in the interstellar medium which indicate regions where the early stages of star formation are taking place. The project uses infrared images from the Spitzer space telescope.[14] Ice Hunters Identifying Kuiper belt objects (KBOs) for potential future targets for the New Horizons spacecraft. Also identifies variable stars and asteroids. It makes use of human review of subtracted images from various telescopes.[15][16] Ancient Lives Transcribing Oxyrhynchus Papyri. The papyri belong to the Egypt Exploration Society and their texts will eventually be published and numbered in Society's Greco-Roman Memoirs series.[17][18] References
- ^ "Projects". Citizen Science Alliance. http://www.citizensciencealliance.org/projects.html. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ "Zoo 2 Launches!". 16 February 2009. http://blogs.zooniverse.org/galaxyzoo/2009/02/16/zoo-2-launches/. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ "Zooniverse". http://www.zooniverse.org/home. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ Coulter, Dauna (22 April 2011). "Citizen Scientists Making Incredible Discoveries". NASA. http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/22apr_zooniverse/. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ "Spiral, barred, elliptical and irregular: computers automatically classify galaxy shapes". RAS. 2 June 2010. http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/157-news2010/1831-spiral-barred-elliptical-and-irregular-computers-automatically-classify-galaxy-shapes. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ^ Johnston, Hamish (24 November 2009). "'Galaxy Zoo Mergers' opens today". Institute of Physics. http://physicsworld.com/blog/2009/11/galaxy_zoo_mergers.html. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ^ "Astronomers release galactic collision game". BBC. 25 November 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8376566.stm. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ^ Grossman, Lisa (17 November 2010). "Help Scientists Hunt for Exploding Stars". Wired. http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/11/supernova-zoo/. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ^ Geere, Duncan (24 May 2010). "Science Crowdsourcing a map of the moon". Wired. http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-05/24/crowdsourcing-a-map-of-the-moon. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ^ "NASA Invites Public to Take Virtual Walk On The Moon". NASA. 11 May 2010. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2010/10-39AR.html. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ^ Dunning, Alastair (29 July 2011). "Is crowdsourcing dumbing down research?". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/2011/jul/29/crowdsourcing-funding-research-expertise. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ^ "Humankind sees the Sun as never before". UKSA. 7 February 2011. http://www.bis.gov.uk/ukspaceagency/news-and-events/2011/Feb/humankind-sees-the-sun. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ^ "NASA's Kepler Mission Announces Next Data Release to Public Archive". NASA. 12 August 2011. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/keplerm-Q3release.html. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ^ Hurt, Robert (7 December 2010). "Help Investigate Spitzer's Milky Way!". JPL. http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/explore/blog/154-Help-Investigate-Spitzer-s-Milky-Way-. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ^ "Citizen Scientists: Discover a New Horizons Flyby Target". NASA. 21 Jun 2011. http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=37726. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ^ Lakdawalla, Emily (2011-06-21). "The most exciting citizen science project ever (to me, anyway)". The Planetary Society. http://planetary.org/blog/article/00003073/. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
- ^ "Lost Gospels Found, Translators Needed". IBTimes. July 28 2011. http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/188200/20110728/lost-gospels-discovery-oxford-research.htm. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ^ Boyle, Alan (28 July 2011). "Help scientists decipher 'lost' gospel". MSNBC. http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/07/28/7189930-help-scientists-decipher-lost-gospel. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
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