This column focuses on astronomy throughout the year. This month’s issue discusses how students can partake in scientific research through distributed computing, where
the computing for a research project is done on a network of computers in different locations. Some distributed computing projects help search for life beyond Earth by analyzing data gathered by a radio telescope, while others review photometric measurements gathered by observatories to catalog the physical characteristics of asteroids.
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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 10/1/2016Stock # ss16_040_02_66Volume 040Issue 02