LOVE NASA? LOVE SCIENCE? VOLUNTEER TO DO REAL NASA SCIENCE!
NASA’s volunteer scientists are searching NASA data for new
worlds, asteroids, and comets. They are tracking the impacts of
climate change on lake levels, coral reefs, and mosquito populations.
Hundreds of volunteers have co-authored publications in
professional journals. Many have made new, lasting friendships
with NASA scientists and with one another. Scientific discoveries
made by NASA volunteers include:
• Hundreds of extrasolar planets
• Thousands of brown dwarf stars
• 100,000s of emperor penguin nests
• Most of the known comets
• A new kind of aurora phenomenon
Our volunteer projects, sometimes called “citizen science” projects
are open to everyone around the world, and not limited to U.S.
citizens or residents. They aim to teach you everything you need to
know as you go along - so don’t worry if you never studied science
or forgot what you learned in school. Pick one and try it out!
Just be ready: there are no guaranteed results, and sometimes the
answers will remain unknown. But if you’re tired of just reading
about other people’s groundbreaking discoveries and ready to get
involved, visit science.nasa.gov/citizenscience or click on the
links below.
Projects with the require no prior knowledge, experience, or
special tools beyond a computer or smartphone. Other projects
may involve going to a specific location or using tools such as a
backyard telescope.
Astrophysics
• Are We Alone In The Universe - arewealone.earth
• Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 - backyardworlds.org
• Dark Energy Explorers -
www.zooniverse.org/projects/erinmc/dark-energy-explorers
• Disk Detective - diskdetective.org
• Exoplanet Watch - exoplanets.nasa.gov/exoplanet-watch
• Planet Hunters TESS - planethunters.org
• Planet Patrol - exoplanetpatrol.org
• Unistellar Network Investigating TESS Exoplanets (UNITE) -
science.unistellaroptics.com
Biological and Physical Sciences
• Growing Beyond Earth - fairchildgarden.org/gbe
LOVE NASA? LOVE SCIENCE? VOLUNTEER TO DO REAL NASA SCIENCE!
Image Credits:
Top: credit: Allison Cusick
Bottom left: credit: NASA
Bottom right : credit: HamSCI
Earth Science
• Air Quality Citizen Science - aqcitizenscience.rti.org/#/
• Community Snow Observations - communitysnowobs.org
• Fjord Phyto - fjordphyto.ucsd.edu
• Floating Forests - floatingforests.org
• Fresh Eyes On Ice - fresheyesonice.org
• GLOBE Observer: Clouds, Eclipse, Land Cover, Mosquito Habitat
Mapper, Trees - observer.globe.gov/do-globe-observer
• Lake Observations by Citizen Scientists and Satellites - locss.org
• Landslide Reporter - gpm.nasa.gov/landslides/index.html
• Mapping Application for Penguin Populations and Projected
Dynamics (MAPPPD) - penguinmap.com
• Mountain Rain or Snow - www.rainorsnow.org
• NeMO-Net - nemonet.info
• Spritacular - spritacular.org
• Soundscapes to Landscapes - soundscapes2landscapes.org
• Chesapeake Water Watch -
serc.si.edu/citizen-science/projects/chesapeake-water-watch
Heliophysics
• Aurorasaurus - aurorasaurus.org
• Goldstone Apple Valley Radio Telescope (GAVRT) -
gavrt.lewiscenter.org
• HamSci - hamsci.org
• Radio Jove - radiojove.org
• Solar Jet Hunter -
www.zooniverse.org/projects/sophiemu/solar-jet-hunter
• Sungrazer Project - sungrazer.nrl.navy.mil
• Heliophysics Audified: Resonances in Plasmas (HARP) -
listen.spacescience.org
• Solar Active Region Spotter -
www.zooniverse.org/projects/eimason/solar-active-region-spotter
Planetary Science
• Active Asteroids -
www.zooniverse.org/projects/orionnau/active-asteroids
• Catalina Outer Solar System Survey -
www.zooniverse.org/projects/fulsdavid/catalina-outer-solarsystem-
survey
• Cloudspotting on Mars - www.zooniverse.org/projects/
marek-slipski/cloudspotting-on-mars
• International Astronomical Search Collaboration (“Isaac”) -
iasc.hsutx.edu
• Jovian Vortex Hunter -
www.zooniverse.org/projects/ramanakumars/jovian-vortex-hunter
• JunoCam - www.missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam
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worlds, asteroids, and comets. They are tracking the impacts of
climate change on lake levels, coral reefs, and mosquito populations.
Hundreds of volunteers have co-authored publications in
professional journals. Many have made new, lasting friendships
with NASA scientists and with one another. Scientific discoveries
made by NASA volunteers include:
• Hundreds of extrasolar planets
• Thousands of brown dwarf stars
• 100,000s of emperor penguin nests
• Most of the known comets
• A new kind of aurora phenomenon
Our volunteer projects, sometimes called “citizen science” projects
are open to everyone around the world, and not limited to U.S.
citizens or residents. They aim to teach you everything you need to
know as you go along - so don’t worry if you never studied science
or forgot what you learned in school. Pick one and try it out!
Just be ready: there are no guaranteed results, and sometimes the
answers will remain unknown. But if you’re tired of just reading
about other people’s groundbreaking discoveries and ready to get
involved, visit science.nasa.gov/citizenscience or click on the
links below.
Projects with the require no prior knowledge, experience, or
special tools beyond a computer or smartphone. Other projects
may involve going to a specific location or using tools such as a
backyard telescope.
Astrophysics
• Are We Alone In The Universe - arewealone.earth
• Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 - backyardworlds.org
• Dark Energy Explorers -
www.zooniverse.org/projects/erinmc/dark-energy-explorers
• Disk Detective - diskdetective.org
• Exoplanet Watch - exoplanets.nasa.gov/exoplanet-watch
• Planet Hunters TESS - planethunters.org
• Planet Patrol - exoplanetpatrol.org
• Unistellar Network Investigating TESS Exoplanets (UNITE) -
science.unistellaroptics.com
Biological and Physical Sciences
• Growing Beyond Earth - fairchildgarden.org/gbe
LOVE NASA? LOVE SCIENCE? VOLUNTEER TO DO REAL NASA SCIENCE!
Image Credits:
Top: credit: Allison Cusick
Bottom left: credit: NASA
Bottom right : credit: HamSCI
Earth Science
• Air Quality Citizen Science - aqcitizenscience.rti.org/#/
• Community Snow Observations - communitysnowobs.org
• Fjord Phyto - fjordphyto.ucsd.edu
• Floating Forests - floatingforests.org
• Fresh Eyes On Ice - fresheyesonice.org
• GLOBE Observer: Clouds, Eclipse, Land Cover, Mosquito Habitat
Mapper, Trees - observer.globe.gov/do-globe-observer
• Lake Observations by Citizen Scientists and Satellites - locss.org
• Landslide Reporter - gpm.nasa.gov/landslides/index.html
• Mapping Application for Penguin Populations and Projected
Dynamics (MAPPPD) - penguinmap.com
• Mountain Rain or Snow - www.rainorsnow.org
• NeMO-Net - nemonet.info
• Spritacular - spritacular.org
• Soundscapes to Landscapes - soundscapes2landscapes.org
• Chesapeake Water Watch -
serc.si.edu/citizen-science/projects/chesapeake-water-watch
Heliophysics
• Aurorasaurus - aurorasaurus.org
• Goldstone Apple Valley Radio Telescope (GAVRT) -
gavrt.lewiscenter.org
• HamSci - hamsci.org
• Radio Jove - radiojove.org
• Solar Jet Hunter -
www.zooniverse.org/projects/sophiemu/solar-jet-hunter
• Sungrazer Project - sungrazer.nrl.navy.mil
• Heliophysics Audified: Resonances in Plasmas (HARP) -
listen.spacescience.org
• Solar Active Region Spotter -
www.zooniverse.org/projects/eimason/solar-active-region-spotter
Planetary Science
• Active Asteroids -
www.zooniverse.org/projects/orionnau/active-asteroids
• Catalina Outer Solar System Survey -
www.zooniverse.org/projects/fulsdavid/catalina-outer-solarsystem-
survey
• Cloudspotting on Mars - www.zooniverse.org/projects/
marek-slipski/cloudspotting-on-mars
• International Astronomical Search Collaboration (“Isaac”) -
iasc.hsutx.edu
• Jovian Vortex Hunter -
www.zooniverse.org/projects/ramanakumars/jovian-vortex-hunter
• JunoCam - www.missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam
FOLLOW Us on Twitter and Facebook! @DoNASAScience
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