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NASA citizen science projects are open to everyone around the world, not limited to U.S. citizens or residents.Earth-shaped word cloud made up of the many languages in which NASA Citizen Science projects are available, including Arabic, Bengali, Croatian, Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Nepali, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Thai, Urdu, and Vietnamese. In the center of the word cloud, the words Do NASA Science are prominent.Global Citizen Science InitiativesNASA citizen science projects are not limited to U.S. citizens or residents, you can find 11 projects translated in up to 18 different languages!GLOBE Observer: Clouds, Land Cover, Mosquito HabitatsAnyone with a cellphone or laptop can do this project. **Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsiteLandslide ReporterAnyone with a laptop can do this project. **Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsiteMapping Application for Penguin Populations and Projected DynamicsAnyone with a laptop can do this project.Go to Project WebsiteNeMO-NetAnyone with a cellphone or laptop can do this project.Go to Project WebsiteFresh Eyes on Ice**Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsiteLake Observations by Citizen Scientists and Satellites**Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsiteMountain Rain or Snow**Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsiteSoundscapes to LandscapesGo to Project WebsiteChesapeake Water Watch**Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsiteFjord Phyto**Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsiteFloating ForestsAnyone with a cellphone or laptop can do this project.Go to Project WebsitePhoto of a hand holding a mobile phone that is showing eclipse related citizen science graphics on the screen.GLOBE EclipseThis project requires a cellphone and a thermometer.Go to Project WebsiteA silhouette image of 3 people with telescopes with the text Eclipse Megamovie above it.Eclipse MegamovieThis project requires a DSLR camera. **Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsiteCloudspotting on MarsAnyone with a cellphone or laptop can do this project. **Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsiteSilhouette of a white cricket against a black background with a red and yellow gradient. Text reads Eclipse Soundscapes.org.Eclipse SoundscapesAnyone with access to a computer can do this project. **Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsiteDark Energy ExplorersAnyone with a cellphone or laptop can do this project. **Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsiteAn illustrated eclipse logo with a larger orange circle eclipsed by a slightly smaller black circle. There are 4 flares in the upper left side. The title SunSketcher sits below the log.SunSketcherPeople along the April 8 eclipse path can do this project. **Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsitePlanet Hunters TESSAnyone with a cellphone or laptop can do this project. **Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsiteExoplanet WatchAnyone with a cellphone or laptop can do this project. **Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsiteAre we alone in the universe?Anyone with a cellphone or laptop can do this project. **Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsiteAurorasaurus**Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsiteDisk DetectiveAnyone with a cellphone or laptop can do this project. **Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsiteSolar Active Region SpotterAnyone with a cellphone or laptop can do this project.Go to Project WebsiteHeliophysics Audified: Resonances in PlasmasAnyone with a cellphone or laptop can do this project. **Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsiteBackyard Worlds: Planet 9Anyone with a cellphone or laptop can do this project. **Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsiteActive AsteroidsAnyone with a cellphone or laptop can do this project. **Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsiteDaily Minor PlanetAnyone with a cellphone or laptop can do this project. **Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsiteSolar Jet HunterAnyone with a cellphone or laptop can do this project. **Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsiteThe Sun's atmosphere, shown in red, with a bright white stream of a comet shooting through it.Sungrazer ProjectAnyone with a laptop can do this project. **Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsiteJovian Vortex HunterAnyone with a cellphone or laptop can do this project. **Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsiteUNITE**Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsiteGrowing Beyond EarthGo to Project WebsiteHamSCI**Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsiteJunoCamAnyone with a laptop can do this project.Go to Project WebsiteInternational Astronomical Search CollaborationAnyone with a laptop can do this project. **Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsiteCartoon illustration of an astronaut wearing a red cowboy hat and holding a lasso with a rainbow colored spiral galaxy inside the loopRedshift WranglerAnyone with a cellphone or laptop can do this project. **Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsitePuffy text in cream reads Cool Neighbors and sits on top of a cartoon style planet with another planet in the upper right corner. The logo is surrounded by a thick orange stroke line.Cool NeighborsAnyone with a cellphone or laptop can do this project.Go to Project WebsiteA collage of images that includes an orange color sun with solar flares, the planet Jupiter, two colorful charts and the title RADIO JOVERadio JOVE**Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsiteTwo images of the moon's surface side by side, the left side is lighter than the right side and a new impact crater is highlighted in the right image. The title "Moon Diff" overlays the images. The "O's" in moon are images of the moon.MoonDiffAnyone with a laptop can do this project.Go to Project WebsiteSpritacular**Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsiteA black square with a white off-centered dot. Two triangles radiate out of the dot from brown to bright pink. A purple oval ring circles the white dot and an aqua line spikes up and level out.Burst ChaserAnyone with a cellphone or laptop can do this project.Go to Project WebsiteA black square with theDynamic Eclipse Broadcast InitiativeParticipants must join as teams and be available in the United States on April 8, 2024. **Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsiteA black sphere eclipses the sun and colorful rays of light emanate from behind.Citizen CATE 2024Participants must be in Illinois or Ohio. **Read Project Summary**Go to Project WebsiteCitizen Science StoriesExplore All Citizen Science StoriesArticle2 min readNASA Partner Zooniverse Receives White House Open Science AwardA tiled collection of logos for Zooniverse projects. Each logo consists of a square containing two concentric circles formed of thick lines plus a diagonal slash. The colors, textures, backgrounds (and sometimes foregrounds) of each logo are customized for each project. For example, a project about penguins features photographs of penguins in its logo.Article1 min readMajor Martian MilestonesWater-ice (blue) and dust (red) in the atmosphere of Mars above the cratered Martian surface as viewed from orbit by the THEMIS camera (false-color composite image).This is a Hubble Space Telescope image of the barred spiral galaxy UGC 12158. The majestic galaxy has a pinwheel shape made up of bright blue stars wound around a yellow-white hub of central stars. The hub has a slash of stars across it, called a bar. The galaxy is tilted face-on to our view from Earth. A slightly s-shaped white line across the top is a Hubble image is of an asteroid streaking across Hubble's view. It looks dashed because the image is a combination of several exposures of the asteroid flying by like a race car.5 min readHubble Goes Hunting for Small Main Belt AsteroidsArticle2 weeks agoBackground: A black landscape with small stars. Left: A small Jupiter-like orb. Right: A larger reddish orb passes in front of a star.4 min readA Solar Neighborhood Census, Thanks to NASA Citizen ScienceArticle2 weeks agoArtist concept of TESS satellite2 min readCitizen Science ResourcesArticle2 weeks ago@DoNASAScience@DoNASAScienceKeep ExploringDiscover More Topics From NASALearnartist concept of two silhouetted people climbing a mountain with a starry sky and galaxy in the backgroundEngage with NASA ScienceSkywatchingA man looks through a telescope at twilight.Kids
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