Volunteers wanted for planet hunt (BBC)
Members of the public are being asked to join the hunt for nearby planets that could support life.
Volunteers can go to the Planethunters website to see time-lapsed images of 150,000 stars, taken by the Kepler space telescope.
They will be advised on the signs that indicate the presence of a planet and how to alert experts if they spot them.
"We know that people will find planets that are missed by the computer," said Chris Lintott from Oxford University.
"When humans have looked at data, we know they find planets that computers can't."
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16512017
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he gets so excited! Hes always harping on me to get into it too 
that claptrap about pot smokers is NOT...it isn't even really biographical except maybe in the loosest sense.
That said, this is cool...wish I had the time to help. Do you get them named for you if you find them???
sP
