Euclid Galaxy Zoo galaxies to classify

Thanks to a new Galaxy Zoo project launched today, you can help identify the shapes of thousands of galaxies in images taken by ESA’s Euclid space telescope. These classifications will help scientists answer questions about how the shapes of galaxies have changed over time, and what caused these changes and why.

The first set of data, which contains tens of thousands of galaxies selected from more than 800 000 images, has been made available on the platform, and is waiting for you to help classify them.

Examples of Euclid galaxies to classify are shown in this image.

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[Image description: forty galaxies are shown against a black background. The galaxies are all different in shape, some look like spirals, some look barred, or smooth.]