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ESA/Hubble heic2207: Global Citizen Science Project Finds Over 1700 Asteroid Trails in Hubble Images. Combining artificial intelligence with many keen human eyes, astronomers have found 1701 new asteroid trails in archival data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, consisting of more than 37 000 images that span two decades. The project reflects both Hubble’s …

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6 May 2022

Combining artificial intelligence with many keen human eyes, astronomers have found 1701 new asteroid trails in archival data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, consisting of more than 37 000 images that span two decades. The project reflects both Hubble’s value to scientists as an asteroid hunter and how the public can effectively contribute to citizen science initiatives.

The release, images and videos are available on:
https://esahubble.org/news/heic2207/

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6 May 2022




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