The annual NASA Space Apps Challenge provides the opportunity to engage directly with NASA’s data, along with Space Agency Partner data. During the two-day hackathon, teams use this data to […]
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![Left panel: Image of the episodic wide-angle tailed radio galaxy (RGZ J082312.9+033301) discovered by the RGZ project from Banfield et al. (2016). Right Panel: A HyMoRS from the same RGZ project displaying FR-I nature on the southern and clear edge-brightened FR-II nature on the northern side from Kapińska et al. (2017). -- [astro-ph.GA]](https://i0.wp.com/astrobiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Citizen-Science.png?resize=1200%2C719&ssl=1)
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Citizen Science Research With The Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO)
[astro-ph.GA] Over the past two decades, internet-enabled citizen science research (CSR) has contributed to significant discoveries while involving millions of people in the research process.
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Open Science in Astrophysics: Citation Benefits of Open Code, Open Data, and Open Access
[astro-ph.IM] We analyze the relationship between open-accessibility in data, code, and paper text in astrophysics using a sample of 53,194 peer reviewed papers published between January 2021 and April 2025, […]
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Deep Learning for Astrophysics: An Open Textbook from the NASA Cosmic Origins AI/ML Science and Technology Interest Group
[astro-ph.IM] The astronomical community’s ability to use modern machine learning shapes the science return of upcoming facilities.
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 inAI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Astrochemistry, Astrogeology, Citizen Science / Open Science, Comets and Asteroids, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Interstellar, Press Release
How Open NASA Data on Comet 3I/ATLAS Will Power Tomorrow’s Discoveries
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will soon leave our solar system, never to return, but the observations of the comet will live on in NASA’s public data archives. More than a […]
Posted inAI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Citizen Science / Open Science, Commercial & Private Sector, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Nanotechnology & SynBio, Origin & Evolution of Life, Planetary Protection & Biosafety, Status Report
With Evo 2, AI Can Model And Design The Genetic Code For All Domains Of Life
The DNA foundation model Evo 2, first released in February 2025 as a preprint, is now published in the journal Nature. Trained on the DNA of over 100,000 species across […]
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Rethinking The Microbial Future of Space Travel
University of Houston microbiologist Madhan Tirumalai is part of NASA’s Analysis Working Groups (AWG) and co-author of a review paper published Jan. 22 in npj Biofilms Microbiomes. The group’s microbes […]
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ExoMiner++ – NASA AI Model That Found 370 Exoplanets Now Digs Into TESS Data
Scientists have discovered over 6,000 planets that orbit stars other than our Sun, known as exoplanets. More than half of these planets were discovered thanks to data from NASA’s retired […]
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.