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<\/div>Call for Help<\/h2>
NASA just launched a new citizen science project — it wants the public’s help<\/a> to find and identify brand new exoplanets.<\/p> The newly-formed Planet Patrol<\/a> asks volunteers to look over images taken by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), Space.com <\/a><\/em>reports<\/a>, in which NASA suspects but isn’t sure whether there’s a new exoplanet hidden away. That way, NASA scientists can focus their efforts instead of sorting through the mountain of data themselves<\/p> This is the sort of work that technically could be automated with an algorithm trained to spot new worlds, Space.com <\/em>reports. But it turns out that in this case, there’s no substitute for human judgment<\/a>.<\/p> “Automated methods of processing TESS data sometimes fail to catch imposters that look like exoplanets,” Veselin Kostov, the NASA researcher leading the Planet Patrol project, said in a press release<\/a>. “The human eye is extremely good at spotting such imposters, and we need citizen scientists to help us distinguish between the lookalikes and genuine planets.”<\/p> Planet Patrol isn’t the only citizen science project poring over TESS data for signs of exoplanets, Space.com<\/em> reports. Another initiative, Planet Hunters TESS<\/a>, is working toward the same goal but analyzing the data in a different way.<\/p> “We’re all swimming through the same sea of data, just using different strokes,” NASA citizen science officer Marc Kuchner said in the release.<\/p> READ MORE: <\/strong>Volunteers wanted: NASA’s Planet Patrol wants your help to find alien worlds<\/a> [Space.com<\/em>]<\/p> More on citizen science:<\/strong> Astronomers Call on Quarantined Citizens to Hunt for Galaxies<\/a><\/em><\/p> The post New Website Lets You Help NASA Find Alien Worlds<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Go here to see the original: Call for Help NASA just launched a new citizen science project \u2014 it wants the public\u2019s help to find and identify brand new exoplanets. The newly-formed Planet Patrol asks volunteers to look over images taken by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), Space.com reports , in which NASA suspects but isn\u2019t sure whether there\u2019s a new exoplanet hidden away. Continue reading Human Touch<\/h2>
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