Some stars have planets. Others are orbited by brown dwarfs, balls of gas too massive to be planets, but too low-mass to be stars. Astronomers love these brown dwarf-star pairs […]
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Posted inAI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Astronomy & Telescopes, Citizen Science / Open Science, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Status Report
Rocky Worlds DDT Data Challenge Is Now Open
The Rocky Worlds DDT Core Implementation Team (CIT) is pleased to announce that the Rocky Worlds DDT Data Challenge is now open.
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Citizen Science / Open Science, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Interstellar, Status Report, Stellar Cartography
Three Thousand Motion-Confirmed L and T Dwarf Candidates From The Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 Citizen Science Project
The Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 citizen science project uses data from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer to detect infrared objects with significant motion.
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Citizen Science / Open Science, Intelligence & Language, People Of Astrobiology, Press Release, SETI & Technosignatures
SETI@Home Enthusiasts Used Home Computers To Search For ET. Scientists Focus On 100 signals They Found
For 21 years, between 1999 and 2020, millions of people worldwide loaned UC Berkeley scientists their computers to search for signs of advanced civilizations in our galaxy.
Posted inEuropa, Icy Worlds, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Missions & Hardware, Press Release
Citizen Scientists Enhance New Juno Images Of Europa
Science enthusiasts have processed the new JunoCam images of Jupiter’s icy moon, with results that are out of this world.