Galaxy Zoo: Clump Scout II - Citizen Science Project on Star-Forming Clumps in Galaxies
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Galaxy Zoo: Clump Scout II is a citizen science project on Zooniverse that investigates giant star-forming clumps in galaxies. The project addresses a key question in galaxy evolution: why clumpy galaxy structures were common in the early Universe but are rare in the local Universe. Using powerful telescopes and machine learning tools, researchers aim to understand whether star formation processes producing clumps in nearby galaxies are the same as those in the early Universe. Volunteers help correct machine predictions to reveal the shapes of stellar nurseries.
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· 3 pulledOne of the big questions in galaxy evolution is why there are very few galaxies with clumpy structure in the local Universe when they were so common in the past.
As the name implies, we know these clumps are related to star formation, but how?
Are the star formation processes that produce clumps in nearby galaxies the same as in the early Universe?
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