Citizen Scientists Have Found Dozens of Brown Dwarfs Near Earth
Volunteers scanning the night sky for elusive hints of Planet Nine are uncovering the secrets of a strange class of stars called brown dwarfs.
Read MoreVolunteers scanning the night sky for elusive hints of Planet Nine are uncovering the secrets of a strange class of stars called brown dwarfs.
Read MoreOn any given day, about 90,000 kilograms of dust and small rocks hit the Earth. What happens when something larger is on a collision course with Earth?
Read MoreAn astrophysicist studies stars, planets, and other things in space. Introducing Dr. Melinda Soares-Furtado, who tells us about her career.
Read MoreMore than a century ago, women called “human computers” changed our understanding of the universe. Now volunteers are making discoveries in their old notebooks.
Read MoreFrom studying light pollution to growing tomato seeds that have flown in orbit, these citizen science projects can help you and your kids enjoy the cosmos at home.
Read MoreResearchers at the University of Illinois think supernova explosions triggered the end-Devonian mass extinction 359 million years ago.
Read MoreA new Hubble image of Jupiter released by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) reveals a new storm is brewing on the gas giant.
Read MoreRust in the form of hematite has been found on the Moon, and new research suggests it could be caused by the Earth’s atmosphere.
Read MoreA NASA citizen science project called Disk Detective enlists volunteers to study images of solar systems as they’re forming.
Read MoreKids and adults can get involved these citizen science experiments from NASA researchers. Each one comes with educational materials that can help you learn about everything from alien planets to finding asteroids.
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