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Galaxy Hunter

By Science News

At the interactive “Galaxy Hunter” Web site, students use data from the Hubble Space Telescope to investigate a bewildering assortment of deep-space galaxies in various stages of evolution–and learn statistical concepts such as sample variability and size along the way.

Go to: http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/ghunter/

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