Science for Your Ears (and Eyes)
Having a slow night? Can’t find anything to watch on Netflix? Maybe you need some podcast goodness to get you through your commute? The subject of astronomy entertainment came up in two recent...
View ArticleNow Introducing: Mercury Mappers
It’s here! A brand new citizen science project! Everyone, welcome Mercury Mappers to our happy family. Technically, it is still in “beta” which means that all the site content isn’t in place, but we...
View ArticleCrowdsourced Blue Dot
How might Carl Sagan have enjoyed the use of social media to spread the knowledge and wonder of science if he was around today? On this Carl Sagan Day, a group of humans with a shared passion for the...
View ArticleNew Video Tutorials
We have some brand new tutorial videos up and ready for your use at the CosmoQuest citizen science pages. These videos will automatically appear for any new user of our citizen science tools. However,...
View ArticleFlash on the Moon
The Moon gets banged up. A LOT. The craters of the Moon are an invaluable tool in determining the geologic history of the Moon. Not all craters are ancient as impacts are happening today. Astronomers...
View ArticleHappy Pi Day
YOU’RE WELCOME FOR THE EARWORM! Go find a fun way to celebrate the number pi today.
View ArticleEarthrise, Revisited
The Earth rise picture from the Apollo 8 mission is an iconic image in humanity’s history. For the first time, a small group of humans saw the Earth as just a small, blue marble, rising above the...
View ArticleMoon as Art Winner
You voted, and the results are in. The most beautiful image from the Moon is of the central peak of Tycho! The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter team selected the 24 most beautiful images from the mission...
View ArticleAmbition.
The European Space Agency released a short film this week called “Ambition” starring Aiden Gillen (of Game of Thrones fame) and Aisling Franciosi and touching on the Rosetta landing coming up November...
View ArticleWanderers
The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day venture to the stars. – Carl Sagan Feast your eyes and ears on this lovely short sci-fi film, narrated with the words of Carl...
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