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Want to do NASA research? 24 new US projects backed by $23 million will let citizen scientists hunt comets, study space weather and explore Earth data — all you need to knowNASA has selected 24 organizations to partake in a new Science Activation portfolio aimed at public engagement. This initiative will provid...- By 2014, 16,000 volunteers had traced solar eruptions across spacecraft images; 38,000 hand-drawn tracks helped scientists catalog 144 coronal mass ejectionsSolar Stormwatch involved over 16,000 volunteers who tracked solar eruptions using images from NASA's STEREO spacecraft. Participants marke...
- In 2016, 10,000 volunteers searched images of Mars for strange spider-like patterns; they found the formations in places where scientists hadn't seen them beforeIn 2016, nearly 10,000 volunteers worked together to analyze images of Mars, identifying intriguing spider-like formations. Collaborating w...
- NASA sent seeds into space for nearly 6 years; after they returned, 132,000 experiment kits reached 3.3 million students in 30 countriesIn April 1984, NASA launched a satellite carrying 12.5 million tomato seeds into orbit to test how space radiation affects biological life....
- In 2019, 11,482 Hubble Asteroid Hunter volunteers helped train an AI that scanned 37,000 Hubble images; the combined effort uncovered 1,701 asteroid trails, including 1,031 unknown objectsCitizen scientists helped astronomers find over one thousand new asteroids. These faint objects were previously missed by earlier surveys a...
- Nobel-winning chemist born to Palestinian refugees grew up with 9 siblings in one room without running water or electricity; after moving to the US in 1980, he developed technology to harvest water from dry desert air without electricityOmar M. Yaghi, a distinguished Nobel laureate, grew up in Jordan, where he faced the harsh reality of water scarcity. This early challenge ...
- Why a radio telescope can be built from cardboard and aluminum foil: the metal-lined horn reflects radio waves toward a receiverDedicated hobbyists and curious students are assembling radio telescopes from common household objects. These innovative instruments catch ...
- NASA seeks volunteers for year-long Moon and Mars simulation mission: Check eligibility and other detailsNASA is recruiting volunteers for a year-long simulated deep-space mission. Participants will live and work in a special habitat at Johnson...
- NASA Internships 2025: Who can apply, what you need, and how to get inNASA has begun accepting applications for its 2025 internship programme, providing students with hands-on experience in science, technology...
- NASA tracks mysterious object exiting the Milky WayAmateur astronomers part of NASA’s Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project identified CWISE J1249, a fast-moving object exiting the Milky Way, us...
- School students in India discover 18 new asteroidsOver the last two years, 150 students from all around India participated in this two month long campaign to find asteroids, making this the...
- Chennai engineer's Chandrayaan-2 discovery boosts citizen science in IndiaThe crash site of Chandrayaan-2's Vikram lander was discovered thanks to the availability of data from the American space agency for common...
- NASA extends Juno's Jupiter mission until July 2021Washington, June 9 (IANS) With NASA's Juno spacecraft needing more time to gather the mission's required data, the US space agency has deci...
- The eclipse was an emotional and spiritual moment: Madhulika Guhathakurta"I think that in future we will need students who develop a multidisciplinary approach to problem solving," said NASA’s lead scientist Madh...
- NASA invites citizen scientists to explore solar eclipseNew York, July 22 (IANS) NASA has invited citizen scientist to participate in a nationwide science experiment by collecting cloud and air t...
- Citizen scientists discover brown dwarf 100 light years awayNew York, June 4 (IANS) Scientists have discovered a brown dwarf -- sometimes called "failed stars" -- a little more than 100 light years a...
- Indian-origin astronaut denies being NASA pickMumbai, Feb 10 (IANS) Indian-origin citizen-astronaut Shawna Pandya has denied reports she had been shortlisted by NASA for its 2018 space ...
- NASA hiring astronauts for future space missionsThe US space agency will accept applications from December 14 through mid-February and expects to announce candidates selected in mid-2017.
- Twitter to help map Northern LightsResearchers are exploring how Twitter can be used to develop a model that predicts when and where the aurora borealis will be visible.
- NASA offers prizes for apps on climate changeNASA is offering more than $35,000 in prizes to citizen scientists for ideas that make use of climate data to address vulnerabilities faced...
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