Galaxy on Penguin Watch?
Last week I posted about yet another penguin in Galaxy Zoo. Then I joked about trying to find a galaxy in Penguin Watch. Well, the volunteers, being the hilarious bunch they are, have taken on the...
View ArticleIt’s Dutch for “Object”
The first of a bizarre and extremely rare class of astronomical object – Hanny’s Voorwerp – was discovered on Galaxy Zoo almost one decade ago. Since then there have only been around 20 subsequent...
View ArticleNew Project – Galaxy Zoo: 3D
It’s my pleasure to announce the latest Zooniverse project – Galaxy Zoo: 3D We need your help to classify the internal structures of galaxies which are being observed by a survey called MaNGA. MaNGA...
View ArticleIntroducing the 100th Zooniverse project!
The Zooniverse has just hit an amazing milestone – our 100th official project launch! Galaxy Nurseries is a project run by researchers at the University of Minnesota who need your help to find baby...
View ArticleCelebrating 10 Years of Galaxy Zoo
The original Zooniverse project – Galaxy Zoo – is celebrating its 10th anniversary this summer, and as part of the festivities the science team are having a meeting in Oxford from 10th-12th July....
View ArticleGalaxy Zoo in the Pub
Many fantastic discussions take place in pubs. In fact, depending on who you listen to, the original idea to build Galaxy Zoo came from a discussion in a pub! So what better way to celebrate the 10th...
View ArticleZooniverse Advent: Day 4 – Galaxy Zoo 3D
Galaxy Zoo 3D is back with a brand new dataset! That means over 40 thousand fresh galaxies images on which we need your help to map out their structures. Lend a vital hand right now at...
View ArticleZooniverse Advent: Day 18 – Radio Galaxy Zoo
Four years ago this very day we launched Radio Galaxy Zoo as part of the Zooniverse Advent Calendar. Since then it has seen over ten thousand volunteers produce two million classifications, and has...
View ArticleGalaxy Zoo is Back!
Galaxy Zoo is back! We have a brand new site at www.galaxyzoo.org and new images of galaxies, which have never been seen before. These galaxies come from a large telescope in Chile, and so the...
View ArticleAround the Zoo – Radio Galaxy Zoo: LOFAR
We recently asked our research teams to share some short videos about their Zooniverse projects, so you can hear directly from them about what they are doing and why they need your help. Here is the...
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