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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Evolution of Food in Space
This infographic about the fascinating evolution of space food comes courtesy of Joy Billings at Labeley.com.
Shiny Spots on Ceres Still Mysterious
The Astrowatch blog reports that the strange bright spots, first discovered on the dwarf planet Ceres by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, continue to defy an easy explanation. A team led by Paolo Molaro of the Trieste Astronomical Observatory in Italy, following up on the Dawn observations conducted observations of these features, they found out something unexpected […]
A Mountain on Ceres
“No one expected a mountain on Ceres, especially one like Ahuna Mons,” said Chris Russell, Dawn’s principal investigator at the University of California, Los Angeles. These words are a sign of just how surprising the images that NASA’s Dawn probe have returned have been, since entering into orbit around Ceres on March 6, 2015. The […]
Introducing the Partners: McDonald Observatory
McDonald Observatory, a research unit of The University of Texas at Austin, is one of the world’s leading centers for astronomical research, teaching, and public education and outreach. This institution will, in coordination with NASA, train teachers from regional school districts to integrate citizen science projects and curricula into their classroom programs. They will provide […]
Citizen Coding
You know that we love crowdsourcing science efforts here at CosmoQuest. A little while ago, we let you know about a series of challenges to track near Earth asteroids open to anyone. Well, another challenge just wrapped up, Marathon Match. Competitors have been competing to build algorithms to track known Near Earth Objects (NEOs) given some […]
MESSENGER Milestone
Last week, NASA announced that the MESSENGER spacecraft surpassed a huge milestone having returned 200,000 images of Mercury back to Earth. We say, congratulations! You deserve the best high-five ever! MESSENGER is now in its second extended mission studying Mercury and its environment. As the first spacecraft to orbit the innermost planet to the Sun, […]