You can search for stardust
...now you can take part in real science.Amateur astronomers will soon be able to get their hands dirty in a real-life research project: the search for dust grains from stars millions of light years from Earth.
The project, Stardust@home, will invite internet users to search for the few dozen grains captured by Nasa's Stardust probe, which is due to return to Earth in a few days.
Scientists have created a "virtual microscope" that will allow anyone with an internet connection to scan some of the 1.5m pictures of the samples returned by Stardust for tracks left by speeding dust. Each picture will cover an area smaller than a grain of salt.
Guardian Technology
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