Citizen Science

‘Moby Dick’ Asteroid 2000 EM26 is Missing – Help Astronomers Find It

Yesterday evening you may have dropped by to watch Slooh's live coverage of asteroid 2000 EM26 as it passed just 8.8…

10 years ago

Zooniverse Reaches One Million Volunteers

Zooniverse — the renowned home of citizen science projects — is now one million strong. That’s one million registered volunteers…

10 years ago

Search for Planetary Nurseries in the Latest Citizen Science Project

Growing up, my sister played video games and I read books. Now that she has a one-year-old daughter we constantly…

10 years ago

App Review: Earth or Not Earth

The folks at Cosmoquest have released a cool new citizen science app for Android! "Earth or Not Earth" allows players…

10 years ago

Earthlings Wave at Saturn as Cassini Images Us

Earth Waves at Saturn and Cassini on July 19, 2013 From more than 40 countries and 30 U.S. states, people…

11 years ago

Citizen Scientists Hunt for Impact Craters in Persia

Citizen scientists have discovered planets beyond our Solar System and established morphological classifications for thousands of galaxies (e.g., the Planet Hunters and…

11 years ago

Watch Live Webcast: Space Warps

Want to join the hunt for new galaxies? During a special G+ Hangout today, June 5, a team of astronomers…

11 years ago

SpaceShipTwo Fires Rocket Engines for First Ever Supersonic Test Flight- Photos & Video

SpaceShipTwo fires her rocket motor in flight for 1st time on April 29, 2013. Credit: MarsScientific.com Updated with more Photos…

11 years ago

Rise of the PhoneSats

Satellites can now fit in the palm of your hand. Known as Cubesats, several of these tiny but cost-effective payloads…

11 years ago

Golden Spike Still Needs Your Help to Get to the Moon

Last December the Golden Spike Company announced its plans to enable private-sector lunar exploration missions which would be feasible, profitable, and…

11 years ago