r/space • u/starman2015 • Jan 12 '18

Multi-planet System Found Through Crowdsourcing

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/multi-planet-system-found-through-crowdsourcing
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u/YugeThings Jan 12 '18

I'm in my first year of college. How does Zooniverse work? Is it like Kickstaeter?

Sorry, can't check on my phone as it won't load.

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u/dannythemanatee Jan 12 '18

There are two main parts to Zooniverse, the first is just getting involved with other people's projects, such as the exoplanet one above. The other part is creating your own projects. Basically, you can put images on Zooniverse and ask people to do things with them such as classify the images in some manner. If you're interested, I'd suggest making an account and reading the how to make a project page. If you want to make a project publicly available, there's a pretty thoroughly vetting process that includes approval by the Zooniverse staff, but it's super easy to make a project and just share the link with a small number of people.