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How to find black holes?

The first step in trying to understand the connection between black holes and galaxies is finding them. But black holes are, well, black. In fact, you might say their blackness is their most defining feature.

So, how do you find them? It turns out that when they’re feeding on infalling gas and dust, a massive black [...]

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    October 29th, 2009

    By arfon

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    Get in the queue! – Scaling Galaxy Zoo

    Did anyone notice that ‘My Galaxies’ got a little out of date earlier this week?  If you did then you might like to hear a blow-by-blow technical explanation over here.
    Cheers
    Arfon

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    October 27th, 2009

    By Chris

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    • She’s an Astronomer: Aida Berges
    • Galaxy Zoo motivation study paper accepted!

    Top 10 American Style

    Top 10 American Style

    As I’ve spent most of the last month in the US, and I saw a request from Curtis when I last updated the Top 10 cities for the states most infiltrated by Zooites.

    In 10th place, Massachusetts
    In 9th, Oregon
    8th, Washington
    7th, Virginia
    6th, Florida
    5th, Pennsylvania
    4th, Texas
    3rd, New York
    2nd, Illinois
    1st, California
    I think we need to sort this by [...]

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    October 26th, 2009

    By Kevin

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    • Galaxy Zoo: Mergers – A personal perspective
    • Mergers Update
    • Galaxy Zoo: Understanding Cosmic Mergers

    Galaxy Zoo featured on Astronomy Picture of the Day!

    Galaxy Zoo featured on Astronomy Picture of the Day!

    Check it out: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap091026.html
    Thanks to all of you who submitted entries, your creativity amazes us every day.

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    October 22nd, 2009

    By Karen Masters

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    Galaxy Zoo Red Spiral Paper Submitted

    Galaxy Zoo Red Spiral Paper Submitted

    Just a quick post to let you all know that earlier this week I submitted (to MNRAS) a paper on the Galaxy Zoo Red Spirals.

    We decided to make this paper available right away on the arXiV, so you can download it here
    This paper has been in the works for quite some time (remember the BBC [...]

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    October 20th, 2009

    By Kevin

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    • Galaxy Zoo featured on Astronomy Picture of the Day!

    Galaxy Zoo on APOD – with your help?

    The Astronomy Picture of the Day folks who have brought us so many beautiful images of our Universe are looking for a suitable entry from Galaxy Zoo. In the best forum tradition, I’ve started a thread where you can submit and discuss images that you think best represent the creative spirit of the Zoo. So [...]

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    October 15th, 2009

    By Karen Masters

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    • She’s an Astronomer: Els Baeten
    • Zij is een astronoom: Els Baeten
    • She’s an Astronomer: Pamela L. Gay

    She’s an Astronomer – International Editions

    Our She’s an Astronomer series is part of the International Year of Astronomy – and what better way to be international than to provide some posts in languages other than English! Thanks to Aida for inspiring this addition – she told me in an email she had translated her interview into Spanish for her parents [...]

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