National Aeronautics and Space Administration CITIZEN SCIENCE Northern Lights Clouds Northern Lights Algae Blooms Planetary Surfaces Eclipses Stellar Disks Land Cover Exoplanets Landslides www.nasa.gov Love NASA Science? Join a NASA Citizen Science Project! NASA citizen science projects are collaborations Astrophysics between scientists and interested members of the • Planet Hunters TESS public. Through these collaborations, volunteers, - www.planethunters.org or “citizen scientists,” have made thousands of • Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 important scientific discoveries, including: - www.backyardworlds.org • More than half of the known comets. • Disk Detective • Hundreds of extrasolar planets. - diskdetective.org • The oldest protoplanetary disk. • Gravity Spy - gravityspy.org Along the way, citizen scientists have co-authored publications in professional scientific journals, Earth Science observed with telescopes around the world, and • Floating Forests made many lasting friendships. They have learned - floatingforests.org about climate change, interstellar dust grains, the • GLOBE surface of Mars, meteors, penguins, mosquitos, and - www.globe.gov gravitational waves, and they have helped protect • GLOBE Observer: Clouds, Land Cover, people from landslides. Mosquito Habitat Mapper and Trees - observer.globe.gov/do-globe-observer NASA is seeking new citizen scientists! Most projects require no prior knowledge, experience, • Lake Observer or special tools beyond a computer or cell phone. - www.lakeobserver.org People with advanced degrees or other relevant • Landslide Reporter training are invited. But NASA citizen science proj- - landslides.nasa.gov ects aim to teach you everything you need to know • Mapping Application for Penguin Populations as you go along—so don’t worry if you have not and Projected Dynamics (MAPPPD) studied much science in school. - www.penguinmap.com/ Just be forewarned: NASA citizen science is the real Heliophysics thing. There are no guaranteed results, and some- • Aurorasaurus times the answers will remain unknown. But if you’re - www.aurorasaurus.org tired of just reading about other people’s ground- • Radio Jove breaking discoveries and ready to get your hands on - https://radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov scientific data nobody has ever seen before, go to one • Sungrazer Project of the URLs listed here and get started. - sungrazer.nrl.navy.mil Planetary Science For more information about NASA citizen science, please visit: science.nasa.gov/citizenscientists • COSMIC - www.zooniverse.org/projects/wkiri/cosmic For opportunities to contribute to NASA’s science, technology, and mission needs through citizen • Fireballs in the Sky science, public prize competitions, and other - fireballsinthesky.com.au activities, please visit: www.nasa.gov/solve • JunoCam - www.missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam • Planet Four Image Credits: Top) GLOBE Observer Clouds (Wikipedia: Picclo Namek); Aurorasaurus (Joshua Strang:USAF); - www.planetfour.org California Algal Blooms (MODIS); Middle) Disk Detective (Jonathan Holden); Mars Mappers (NASA/JPL); Center) • Stardust@Home NASA/Shadia R Habbal, Miloslav Druckmuller and Peter - stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu Aniol; Bottom) GLOBE Program (Wikipedia:Yinan Chen); Planet Hunters (NASA/STScI/J.De Witt); Landslide • Target Asteroids Reporter (USGS). - www.asteroidmission.org/get-involved/target-asteroids June 2019.