NASA GeneLab’s GeneLab for Colleges and Universities (GL4U) initiative is revolutionizing how students and researchers access space biology education. Now, with the launch of its On-Demand Intro and RNAseq Courses, […]
Citizen Science / Open Science
Making Habitable Worlds: Planets Versus Megastructures
In 2016, a star KIC 8462852 caught the world’s attention due to a paper by citizen scientists who noticed its seemingly unexplainable brightness variations. The forward theory was offered – […]
Starshade Exoplanet Data Challenge: What We Learned
Starshade is one of the technologies that will enable the observation and characterization of small planets around nearby stars through direct imaging.
Impact of Exoplanet Science on Society: Professional Contributions, Citizen Science Engagement and Public Perception
The impact of exoplanet science on both the scientific community and on the general public is presented through various indicators and examples. It is estimated that about 3-4% of all […]
Estimating Exoplanet Mass Using Machine Learning on Incomplete Datasets
The exoplanet archive is an incredible resource of information on the properties of discovered extrasolar planets, but statistical analysis has been limited by the number of missing values. One of […]
How NASA Citizen Science Fuels Future Exoplanet Research
NASA’s upcoming flagship astrophysics missions, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and the Habitable Worlds Observatory, will study planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets. Over 5,000 exoplanets have […]
Competition To Unlock The Atmospheres Of Distant Planets Using AI
The competition, based on the European Space Agency’s Ariel space mission and featured at the NeurIPS 2024 machine learning conference, will tackle one of astronomy’s most complex and important data […]
Enhancing Exoplanet Ephemerides by Leveraging Professional and Citizen Science Data: A Test Case with WASP-77A b
We present an updated ephemeris and physical parameters for the exoplanet WASP-77 A b. In this effort, we combine 64 ground- and space-based transit observations, 6 space-based eclipse observations, and […]
ESA Space Omics Hackathon
Join ESA for a 5-day virtual ESA Space Omics Hackathon to tackle space exploration challenges using NASA GeneLab omics datasets. Don’t miss this chance to shape the future of space […]
openVertebrate Project: Open Access CT Scans To Thousands Of Natural History Specimens
Editor’s note: When we begin to study the variety iof life forms on other worlds we’ll need to have a way to catalog what we have discovered, make an image […]
