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Have your say on the order of the universe with Galaxy Zoo.

Back in the 1600's there was one person in charge of the order of cellestial bodies as we know them and that, naturally, was Galileo Galilei. Nowadays things have changed a bit.

Galileo was both a pioneering scientist as well as an inexaustable champion of geocentricism - he lived and died by the power of his conviction. Not only did he maintain the academicaly novel and tricky equillibrium between mathematics, physics and philosophy for his studies - he also led a corageous lifelong battle to defend his beliefs (a prerequisite to being a true scientist back in the 15th century.)

For the select few that have mastered the dynamics of everyday life with a Gallileo-like agility, the prospect of putting some order in the universe should seem like a manageable task. ??

For the rest of us, there is Galaxy Zoo. This website gives visitors a unique and quite real opportunity to classify nearly a quarter of a million galaxies by categorizing them, according to their core characteristics.

This helps astronomers narrow down the infinite, and democratizes one of the most exclusive areas of science.? ?A truly collaborative project, that brings an otherwise unthinkably complex idea to the fingertips of ordinary people. ??

To have your say, log on to: ?Galaxy Zoo
Have a look at Galileo Galilei’s bio on Wikipedia