Want to contribute something to Astronomy?
A team is looking to the internet to help them spot "Gravitational Lenses". A gravitational lens is the effect that's had when an object massive enough sort of bend the light around it, creating a distorted image such as the one seen above. These lenses can either create a visual copy of the object in question, or it can distort the light around it making it appear that another galaxy is wrapping around it. They're fairly easy to spot, considering from what I've seen so far, they distort in circular patterns.
Some of the images have lenses, others do not. They throw in some test images while you're looking to help you know what you're looking for, they also have a guide of images to help you discern a positive from a false positive. They also have a few simple image adjusting tools to give you a different look on the image to help you spot a potential lens.
If nothing else, it's cool to check out the awesome images of space.
Here's a link:
[url]http://spacewarps.org/#/home[/url]
See you starside!
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Also, if you want to participate SETI@home, there's a Bungie group on there that's been there for a decade or so now.