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Old 11-26-2009, 06:05 PM
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Astronomers release galactic collision game

Astronomers have devised a game to help uncover the basis of galactic pile-ups.

The game, part of the ongoing web-based project Galaxy Zoo, shows players images of colliding galaxies and asks them to match those to simulations.

By selecting the closest matching simulation, players can help astronomers to work out how the real galaxies actually merged.

The astronomers say that humans are "much better than computers" at spotting the patterns and similarities.



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I've heard about this, sounds interesting.
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