NASA | Disk Detective: Search for Planetary Habitats

Mark Kushner, a NASA researcher, discusses the quest to discover exoplanets and the role of protoplanetary and debris disks in this process. He highlights NASA's WISE mission, which scanned the infrared sky to find new disks. Due to the subtlety of clues, human evaluation is necessary, leading to the launch of Disk Detective, a citizen science project. Participants help classify images to identify disks, aiding future telescope targets like Hubble and James Webb. The project aims to produce publishable scientific results and invites public participation.

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