Shaw-IAU Workshops by the OAE

Galaxy Zoo (www.galaxyzoo.org) since 2007 has provided quantitative visual morphologies for millions of galaxies from many different imaging surveys. The latest images on the site have included those from Euclid (Walmsley et al. 2025), JWST and the Vera Rubin Observatory. The morphological information collected by Galaxy Zoo has shown itself to be a powerful database for studying galaxy evolution, with hundreds of papers making use of the data as an important characteristic to understand in the physics of how galaxies assemble, and how they regulate their star formation.

On behalf of the science team, and all our hundreds of thousands of volunteer classifiers, I give an update on the latest scientific results and analysis from the project, and reflections on the scientific impact.

About Karen Masters

Karen Masters is a Professor of Astronomy and Physics at Haverford College (a small undergraduate only college just outside Philadelphia). In her research Prof. Masters seeks to use large surveys to understand how galaxies in our Universe form and evolve. She is the Principle Investigator for Galaxy Zoo (www.galaxyzoo.org), a project she has been involved in for over a decade. She was Spokesperson for the Fourth phase of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-IV; www.sdss.org), and uses MaNGA data from SDSS-IV frequently in research. She is also a radio astronomer, specialising in 21cm line observations, particularly with GBT, and running a large HI following program for MaNGA (HI-MaNGA) as well as participating in ALMA survey teams.