http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- A new website will give everyone the chance to contribute to science by playing a 'cosmic fruit machine' and compare images of colliding galaxies with millions of simulated images of galactic pile-ups. http://www.physorg.com/news178264605.html Space & Earth Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:57:19 EST news178264605 A team of astronomers has discovered a group of rare galaxies called the "Green Peas" with the help of citizen scientists working through an online project called Galaxy Zoo. The finding could lend unique insights into how galaxies form stars in the early universe. http://www.physorg.com/news167921680.html Space & Earth Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:30:04 EST news167921680 (PhysOrg.com) -- Today saw the launch of Galaxy Zoo 2, a website that invites members of the public to help create a detailed guide to some of the Universe's most fascinating objects. The online project is led by a team including scientists from Oxford University. http://www.physorg.com/news154108963.html Space & Earth Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:03:02 EST news154108963 Astronomers at The University of Nottingham have identified a type of galaxy that could be the missing link in our understanding of galaxy evolution. http://www.physorg.com/news146828652.html Space & Earth Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:44:12 EST news146828652 Since Galaxy Zoo's launch in July 2007, some 150,000 members of the public, inspired by the opportunity to be the first to see and classify a galaxy, have helped professional astronomers via this on-line mass-participation project to carry out real scientific research. http://www.physorg.com/news139570347.html Space & Earth Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:32:27 EST news139570347 When Yale astrophysicist Kevin Schawinski and his colleagues at Oxford University enlisted public support in cataloguing galaxies, they never envisioned the strange object Hanny van Arkel found in archived images of the night sky. http://www.physorg.com/news137157808.html Space & Earth Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:23:28 EST news137157808