Our goal here at CosmoQuest is to create a community of people wanting to work together to understand the universe; a community of people doing science and who can explain why what they do matters. We have resources available to help others get involved with astronomy, physics, science, and much more. We would like to […]
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Citizen Science in SPAAAAAACE!
Hey folks, we know that you love citizen science! And while we at CosmoQuest are working on revamping our old projects and ramping up our new projects, we’d like to share some great opportunities for you to branch out your citizen science work! Over at PLOS Blogs, they host a blog specifically for citizen science […]
Missing Craters: A Ceres Mystery
Who would have expected a mystery on Ceres? The largest asteroid in the belt located between Mars and Jupiter seems fairly straightforward. The scientists expected similar results to the ones they gleaned from the study of Vesta, another asteroid being studied by Dawn. The Dawn spacecraft has been orbiting Ceres since 2015, however, and the […]
Citizen Science: Help Track Asteroids for Asteroid Day 2016
Las Cumbres Observatory have partnered with Asteroid Day and Universe Awareness to create a website which allows you to take pictures of asteroids, using a global network of telescopes. Las Cumbres Observatory has 18 professional robotic telescopes at seven remote astronomical sites across the globe. With this website, you can join the international campaign to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]