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Soviet Lander Spotted by Mars Orbiter

April 11, 2013

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter On May 28, 1971, the Soviet Union launched the Mars 3 mission which, like its previously-launched and ill-fated sibling Mars 2, consisted of an orbiter and lander destined for the Red Planet. Just over six months later on December 2, 1971, [...]

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How To Crowdsource Astronomy Without People Messing It Up

April 9, 2013

Maybe it’s because Jurassic Park is in theaters again, but we at Universe Today sometimes worry about how one person can mess up an otherwise technologically amazing system. It took just one nefarious employee to shut down the dinosaur park’s security fences in the movie and cause havoc. How do we ensure science can fight [...]

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Wanted: Asteroid Mappers to Help Scientists Delve Through Data from Dawn

September 11, 2012

Many types of craters are captured in this panorama of recent Dawn images. Credit: NASA There’s a new citizen science project in town, and this one will allow you to be among the first to see high-resolution, stunning images of Vesta from the Dawn mission. Called AsteroidMappers, the project asks the public to help the [...]

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Wishing the Zooniverse a Happy 5th Birthday!

July 5, 2012

Galaxy Zoo was a project set up in July 2007 by astronomers Chris Lintott and Kevin Schawinski asking members of the public to help classify a million galaxy images produced by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Five years on and Galaxy Zoo has grown into an entire Zooniverse of projects allowing members to contribute to [...]

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On The Hunt For High-Altitude Microorganisms

May 20, 2012

The United States Rocket Academy has announced an open call for entries in its High Altitude Astrobiology Challenge, a citizen science project that will attempt to collect samples of microbes that may be lurking in Earth’s atmosphere at the edge of space. Remove this ad

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