Milky Way Project
The Milky Way Project is a Zooniverse (citizen science project), Zooniverse project whose main goal is to identify stellar-wind bubbles in the Milky Way Galaxy. Users classify sets of infrared images from the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, WISE). Scientists believe bubbles in these images are the result of young, massive stars whose light causes shocks in interstellar gas. Details The Milky Way Project works with data taken from the Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer Galactic Plane Survey (MIPSGAL) and Galactic Legacy Infrared Mid-Plane Survey Extraordinaire (GLIMPSE). Only a small part uses WISE data. The project looks for bubbles, which can mean the formation of stars. The project also looks for knots, star clusters, and other objects such as young stars, supernova remnants, and newly discovered galaxies. History The Milky Way Project started as the ninth Zooniverse project in December 2010. The ...
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