Astronomy – Citizen Science Today

Citizen Scientists Chase Total Solar Eclipse

Rachael Lallensack — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 18:00:44 +0000

Excerpt: Fred Isberner is a retired healthcare professor in Carbondale, Illinois. But on 21 August, the 69-year-old will be collecting data about the Sun’s superheated outer atmosphere during a total solar eclipse. Isberner is one of thousands of people across the United States who plan to gather data during the event. Their combined efforts will...

Editor’s Choice: Citizen Scientists Spot Candidates for Planet Nine

Mike Wall — Tue, 02 May 2017 18:00:14 +0000

“There’s no plan(et) B” we saw on many of the recent signs on Earth Day marches; however there may be a Planet Nine! Thanks to tens of thousands of citizen scientists who logged four years worth of effort in just three days, there are now four Planet Nine candidates for follow-up. That’s real people-powered research....