Light Pollution in Your Community
Can you see the night sky? Study light pollution in your community with the Globe at Night citizen science project.
Category: Blogs
Study Supermassive Black Holes with Citizen Science
The Spiral Graph Project invites users to trace the shape of a spiral galaxy’s arms. This helps astronomers study the size of supermassive black holes.
Chasing Steve: A Mystery in the Night Sky
Literally chasing Steve, the Alberta Aurora Chasers are people across western Canada documenting a ribbon of purple and green light amidst the Northern Lights.
Book Review: Never Home Alone
Never Home Alone is a 256 page deep dive into the mind of a chatty biologist. Every chapter focuses on a distinct use-case for biodiversity preservation.
Book Review: Science By the People
In Science By the People, Kimura and Kinchy describe their challenging research subject: understanding how people are impacted by science.
Help Researchers Track Coronavirus by Reporting Your COVID-19 Symptoms Online
Many Americans have COVID-19-like symptoms, but can’t get a diagnosis because of the appalling shortage of test kits. This is dangerous for everyone. Now, You can help track coronavirus with a citizen science project.
Unravel DNA with Citizen Science
You can help collect data for studies of DNA by mailing researchers your dog’s saliva, samples of the forest floor, and even spiny anteater scat.
Citizen Scientists Measure Nuclear Radiation After Fukushima
A citizen scientist group now has thousands of radiation monitoring devices all around the world. But nuclear researchers are often reluctant to use the measurements.
Transcribing Torrey: Unearthing History with the New York Botanical Garden
Botanist John Torrey helped identify and name thousands of species. Now the New York Botanical Garden wants your help going through thousands of his papers documenting early American field expeditions and plant finds.
Photographing Starlink Satellites For Science
SpaceX and others plan to launch thousands of new satellites into low-Earth orbit, creating streaks that cut through astronomers’ images. Now educators at NASA are asking citizen scientists to help document the problem.