Citizen Science
Measuring the Moon’s Eccentricity at Home
Caption: View of the moon at perigee and apogee As a teacher, I'm always on the lookout for labs with…
Galaxy Zoo is Expanding to Include a Whole New “Zooniverse”
Galaxy Zoo has been an enormously successful citizen science project; so much so, that other astronomers, as well as scientists…
Reaching Near Space For Less Than $150
A group of MIT students have launched a low-budget satellite to near space, taking images of the curvature of Earth…
Create Your Own Galaxy Mashup With New Galaxy Zoo Tool
[/caption] If you haven't yet succumbed to the temptation of Galaxy Zoo, a new add-on to the popular citizen scientist…
Help Solve the Mystery of Epsilon Aurigae with Citizen Sky
[/caption] We've written about Epsilon Aurigae before, but this mysterious star is just now beginning to dim, so we wanted…
Hunt for Supernovae With Galaxy Zoo
How would you like to find a supernova? I can't think of anyone who wouldn't be proud to say they…
Galaxy Zoo Discovers New Group of Galaxies: ‘Green Peas’
[/caption] Citizen scientists from the Galaxy Zoo project have discovered rare galaxies they're calling the “Green Peas.” They're small in size,…
Citizen Science: Help Solve the Mystery of Epsilon Aurigae
[/caption] Epsilon Aurigae is a mystery. This variable star changes in brightness over time, and is thought to be an…
Bouncing Boulders on Mars
[/caption] Mars is not the dead world we once thought it was, and these images portray that fact. Stuart Atkinson…
Calling All Amateur Astronomers: Help Comb Arecibo Data for Gems
[/caption] Einstein@Home is one of the world’s largest public computing projects, with more than 200,000 people donating time on their own computers to…