Citizen Science
Calling All Volunteers to Help Digitize Astronomical History
An old brick building on Harvard’s Observatory Hill is overflowing with rows of dark green cabinets — each one filled…
Contact With 36-Year Old Spacecraft Results in Dancing, Hugs. Now Comes Even Bigger Challenge
What is it like to make contact with a 36-year old dormant spacecraft? “The intellectual side of you systematically goes…
Want to Measure the Distance to the Moon Yourself? Now You Can!
Astronomy is a discipline pursued at a distance. And yet, actually measuring that last word — distance — can be…
Zooniverse Reaches One Million Volunteers
Zooniverse — the renowned home of citizen science projects — is now one million strong. That’s one million registered volunteers…
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…
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…
Soviet Lander Spotted by Mars Orbiter
On May 28, 1971, the Soviet Union launched the Mars 3 mission which, like its previously-launched and ill-fated sibling Mars…
How To Crowdsource Astronomy Without People Messing It Up
Maybe it's because Jurassic Park is in theaters again, but we at Universe Today sometimes worry about how one person…
Wanted: Asteroid Mappers to Help Scientists Delve Through Data from Dawn
Many types of craters are captured in this panorama of recent Dawn images. Credit: NASA There’s a new citizen science…
Wishing the Zooniverse a Happy 5th Birthday!
Galaxy Zoo was a project set up in July 2007 by astronomers Chris Lintott and Kevin Schawinski asking members of…