Zooniverse, theSkyNet and BOINC are three different ways that individuals can do real science on their home computers. By volunteering your computer's idle time, you are contributing to the science of astronomy and you are reducing the need for astronomers to invest in super-computers. Some people call it Distributed Computing. Others call it Volunteer Computing or Grid Computing.
Here are three ways anyone can do real science, at home, on a computer:
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