If you’re a student or citizen scientist who interested in working with NASA and the Johnson Space Center, and you’re ready to go up to the next level, the JSC Pathways program may be the place for you! The Pathways program provides opportunities for students to learn about how NASA contributes to human spaceflight and […]
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Citizen Science Fun: Looking for Letters on the Moon!
Recently, Universe Today shared an article about searching for Lunar Letters. Author and experienced sky-watcher David Dickinson described a popular pastime among moon observers – looking for formations that look like letters or other objects on the surface of the moon. Throughout history, cultures have described many kinds of formations, including the Jade Rabbit of […]
Carnival of Space #461
This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Brian Wang at NextBigFuture. Check out this week’s sampling of space-related stories from our colleagues and friends! Click here to read Carnival of Space #461. And if you’re interested in looking back, here’s an archive to all the past Carnivals of Space, thanks to our friends at […]
Citizen Science: Bird Diversity in Cities
One of CosmoQuest’s main goals is to encourage citizen science, so one of the things we’ll do to encourage that is highlight projects from other disciplines and institutions. As part of this endeavor, I was directed to the PLOS Citizen Science blog, and this story about urban areas and their effects on bird diversity. Botanist […]
Carnival of Space #460
This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Pamela Hoffman at the Everyday Spacer blog. Check out this week’s sampling of space-related stories from our colleagues and friends! Click here to read Carnival of Space #460. And if you’re interested in looking back, here’s an archive to all the past Carnivals of Space, thanks to […]
Evolution of Food in Space
This infographic about the fascinating evolution of space food comes courtesy of Joy Billings at Labeley.com.
CosmoQuest and ASP Celebrate Astronomy Day 2016 at the California Academy of Sciences
CosmoQuest team members Suzanne Gurton, Brian Kruse, Theresa Summer, Rachel Freed and Pablo Nelson of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific had a great crowd while testing the new CosmoQuest citizen science demonstration “The Hole Story” at the May 14, 2016 “Astronomy Day” event at the California Academy of Sciences. Over 100 people, mostly families, […]