Students from Connetquot High School in Bohemia, New York, used astronaut imagery of Earth to compare impact craters on Earth with those on other planets. The images were provided through the Expedition…
Category: Citizen Science
Citizen Science Opportunity: Using Satellite Imagery to Identify Kelp Forests
“Why do we need your help? The images you’re looking at come from Landsat images taken every 16 days from 1984 to the present. When one of our project scientists first began…
NASA-USGS Data App Challenge
NASA in partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is offering more than $35,000 in prizes to citizen scientists for ideas that make use of climate data to address vulnerabilities faced by…
Citizen Science Help Sought Locate Cities at Night From ISS Imagery
“Help us to georeference the position of cities which appear in the ISS images. We are members of the Group of Extragalactic Astrophysics and Astronomical Instrumentation from the of Universidad Coplutense de…
DIY Exoplanet Detector
“I discovered that one amateur astronomer had already posted online about how he had detected a known exoplanet using a digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera outfitted with a telephoto lens. He was…
1964 NASA Citizen Science: Looking for Moon Rocks in Iowa
“4-H groups were soon cratering their neighborhoods and farmers tilling their fields in search of otherworldly harvest. The project surely marks the only official liaison between NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in…
An App For Citizen Scientists to Measure Night Sky Brightness
“The app lets citizen scientists like you measure how bright the night sky is, by seeing which stars you are able to see. The more faint stars you can see, the more…
Skybox for Good Program Announced
“Skybox Imaging, one of the more recent acquisitions of Google, announced at the company’s yearly Geo for Good User Summit that it is launching the Skybox for Good program. Under the program,…
Citizen Science Network Produces Accurate Maps of Atmospheric Dust
Measurements by thousands of citizen scientists in the Netherlands using their smartphones and the iSPEX add-on are delivering accurate data on dust particles in the atmosphere that add valuable information to professional…
NASA Seeks Citizen Science Help For Cloud Study
NASA Invites Public to Join #SkyScience Cloud Study “NASA is inviting people around the globe to step outside during Earth Science Week, Oct. 12-18, observe the sky and share their observations as…
Applying Citizen Science Tools to Astronomy
Citizen Scientists Probe Early Galaxies, Sky and Telescope “Now, astronomers using data collected by Galaxy Zoo — a crowd-sourced astronomy project that invites the public to analyze fuzzy images of distant galaxies…
New NASA Citizen Science Website
NASA Launches New Citizen Science Website; Opens Challenge to Participate in Future Mars Missions “NASA announced Saturday the opening of registration for its Mars Balance Mass Challenge and the launch of its…