Drones photograph two rare fin whales as they migrate north along WA’s coast
Two separate sightings of rare fin whales has delighted researchers and ocean lovers alike on Western Australia’s South…
In 2015, 2kg of rocket seeds went to the space station; after their return, 600,000 UK children helped test them, and researchers found they grew more slowly but remained viable
Tim PeakePhoto credit: Esa.int ESA astronaut Tim Peake took 2kg of rocket seeds to the International Space Station…
In 2019, California researchers used 1,500 volunteers to count seals and sea lions from drone images; 11 repeated counts improved accuracy |
More than 1,500 people helped researchers count seals and sea lions on California’s Año Nuevo Island by studying…
China solar study faces scrutiny after bird counts in the billions raise red flags
A prominent study published in Science that linked China’s solar expansion to weaker bird diversity is under scrutiny…
Help Refine Data from Space Telescopes with Artifact InSPECtor
How do scientists studying space with data from a telescope hundreds of thousands of miles away know that…
In 1945, an Arizona professor started hunting glowing scorpions at night; decades later his laboratory had become a major centre for venom research |
Representative Image of fluorescent scorpions glowing across a desert landscape after dark (AI-generated image) In 1945, an Arizona…
NASA Volunteers Help Zooniverse Reach 1 Billion Classifications
The Zooniverse, a NASA grantee that runs the world’s largest platform for online people-powered research, has reached an…
Be a Clump Scout and Help Reveal Secrets of Stellar Nurseries
In the mid-20th century, astronomers discovered strange “clumpy” galaxies filled with mysterious bright blobs – massive stellar nurseries…
Galaxy Zoo: Clump Scout II
What you’ll do: Learn how to recognize clumps, the bright spots in galaxies where stars are being formed…
650 NASA Volunteers Have Co-Authored Scientific Papers
After a recent count, NASA Citizen Science is proud to report that more than 650 people who have…
You Can Help Humans Thrive in Space
The second Artemis mission took four astronauts around the moon and back – the first crewed deep-space flight…
Volunteers Help NASA Astronauts Record Lunar Flashes
As NASA’s Artemis II astronauts zipped around the Moon in early April, they observed flashes of light caused…