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Gamers Help Discover New Potential Planets Using NASA Data

University researchers have identified what may potentially be two planets outside of our solar system, thanks to users taking part in an online gaming experiment.

A number of organizations, including The University of Oxford and Yale University, set up a browser game called Planet Hunters, which allows players to look through data supplied by the Kepler public archives and search for potential planets.  Read the entire article here:

Link: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/37512/Gamers_Help_Discover_New_Potential_Planets_Using_NASA_Data.php

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