“凌日搜索计划”招募志愿者在家中参与太空观测-凯发k8官网

“行星猎人下一代凌日搜索计划（the planet hunters next-generation ¹ survey ）” 正在招募志愿者在线参与太空观测，安坐家中就能当 “天文学家”。该项目正在向公众寻求帮助，查看五年来拍摄到的天空中最亮恒星的数字影像。

 

queen's university is a key partner in the next-generation transit search, a ² between universities in europe and south america focused on discovering unknown planets. 

英国贝尔法斯特女王大学是 “下一代凌日搜索计划” 的重要凯发k8天生赢家一触即发官网的合作伙伴，这是欧洲和南美洲一些大学间的合作项目，致力于发现未知的行星。

 

the team have collected data on the light levels of thousands of stars. they're looking for the moment when a star gets just slightly dimmer, which may indicate that a planet has temporarily blocked the light, known as a 'transit'.

研究小组已经收集了成千上万颗恒星的光照水平数据。他们正在寻找恒星稍微变暗的时刻，这可能表明有一颗行星暂时挡住了恒星的光，被称作 “凌日现象”。

 

computers have helped to find most of the relevant ³, but they can't be 100% accurate. scientists are calling on volunteers to help ⁴ through data looking for patterns that might just possibly indicate an undiscovered world.

电脑已经帮助人们找到了大多数相关的凌日现象，但还做不到百分百准确。科学家呼吁志愿者帮助筛选数据，寻找可能预示有未知世界存在的固定模式。

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