I’m bored-
So we’re going on a Field Trip.
You lucky little Devils.
First Stop
Alien Graveyard
Want to help scientists organize galaxies?
This is for real, read the article and then check out the link at the bottom of the story.
Okay, I’m not taking you to other worlds but this is close.
By Associated Press
LONDON (AP) – Scientists need help sorting through an unusual digital photo album: pictures of about 1 million galaxies.
They are asking volunteers on the Internet to help classify the galaxies as either elliptical or spiral and note, where possible, in which direction they rotate. It would be the largest galactic census ever compiled, something scientists say would provide new insight into the structure of the universe.
“We’re in the golden era of astronomy,” said Bob Nichol, an astronomer at the University of Portsmouth in southern England. “We have more data than we can assimilate, and we need help.”
Astronomers say computer programs have been unable to reliably classify the star systems.
Without volunteers, researchers would need years to wade through the photographs, which were taken automatically by a massive digital camera mounted onto a telescope at the Apache Point Observatory near Sunspot, N.M., Nichol said. With 10,000 to 20,000 people working to classify the galaxies, the process could take as little as a month.
Volunteers would sign on to the Web site, complete a brief tutorial and pick through one galaxy after another. The galaxies would be identified by several people to guard against errors and pranks, and scientists would rule on any disputes.
The catalog would help researchers understand how galaxies form and interact.
“At some level, what we learn about these galaxies could tell us something quite fundamental about cosmology and particle physics,” Nichol said.
The project was inspired by similar projects at NASA, such as Stardust(at)home, which enlisted the help of thousands of volunteers to sift through grains of space dust gathered during a 2006 mission.
On the Net:
Galaxy Zoo: http://www.galaxyzoo.org
Next Stop
Peru
Have Fun HERE I know I did
There you go, I hope you enjoyed the I.B. Field Trip.
Later Gators.
amm
Irregular Bones 
When I hear stories of crashed spaceships, I have often wondered why any alien race with the technological sophistication to travel a zillion light years can’t seem to park the darn spaceship without crashing it and blowing it to smithereens. “Zerkon, turn left, no, not right, I said left, LEFT! … aw, shoot…”
I guess you could say the same about those people that cause traffic accidents too.
amm
I wonder if the space aliens have the equivalent of an DMV.
God.
I hope not.
amm
Probably what happens is that its a male alien driving the ship and he’s lost but won’t look at a map so he crashes into a windmill.
Of course tho’ it wasn’t HIS FAULT.
Those windmills are cunning you know…very very cunning.
amm