UK astronomers call for more public involvement

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UK astronomers have called for more public involvement to observe the sky and classify data, MPs have heard.

University of Oxford’s professor of astrophysics, Chris Lintott, said: “Over the past 15 years, enabled by technology, data from observatories has exploded, and we need to enlist the public to help classify and sort it.”