Sustainability Through Community: CitSci Alumni Spotlight of Madison Stroker
Madison Stroker found citizen science in a classroom. As a sophomore studying Ecosystem Science and Sustainability at Colorado State University (CSU), she sat in on…
Science
Library Programming Ideas – January
<< Return to 12 Months of Citizen Science Programming January: Do NASA Science LIVE! Activity Type Explore and classify data for NASA Topic NASA, space…
Library Programming Ideas – November
Host a live NASA citizen science event at your library and connect patrons with real NASA research. SciStarter provides everything you need, including facilitator training,…
Library Programming Ideas – October
<< Return to 12 Months of Citizen Science Programming October: Fall into Birding with eBird and Merlin Bird ID Activity Type Nature exploration Topic Birds,…
Signs of the Zodiacal
StarryEarth, CC BY-NC 2.0
A column of zodiacal light stretches skyward beyond Mount Teide in the Canary Islands.
If you’ve ever been under a dark sky in…
New 3D thermal cloak hides heat from infrared cameras
Heat is terrible at hiding. You could wear camouflage and stand perfectly still in complete darkness, but you would still appear “as bright as day”…
Seagrass Spectacular: A Key West Birthday
For my birthday this year, I asked eight of my friends to join me in Key West, Florida on a citizen science kayaking excursion. Our…
Mount Etna may be like no other volcano on Earth
Europe’s most active volcano, Mount Etna, has always been a geological puzzle. The Sicilian volcano has erupted several times a year, and glassy peaks of…
And Not The Moon
ESO/M. Kornmesser
This illustration shows the system around the star CD-35 2722, with the newly found moon-like object at the center.
Stars, planets, and moons are easy…
New Spin on an Old Theory
ESO, ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser
Illustration of a sunlike star passing very close to a supermassive black hole.
Although general relativity is an elegant theory of gravity, we…