How do you want to explore our Universe
Future Events
- October 23-24, 2021: Hangout-a-thon
- June 3-5, 2022: CosmoQuest-a-Con 21
All new shows start for Astronomy Cast & Weekly Space Hangout
Day(s)
:
Hour(s)
:
Minute(s)
:
Second(s)
Podcasts & Streams
tune-in live
Fridays, 3pm Eastern on Twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX
URL * RSS * iTunes * YouTube Archive
live: only on Twitch.tv
Tues-Fri, 1pm Eastern / 10am Pacific
URL * RSS * iTunes * YouTube Archive
Join the Community
We have a diverse community of folks here to talk science, write code, and just share memes and play games. Join the conversation on Discord and find a Geeky community welcoming to all. Want to do more? Join our opensource community on Github and be part of creating tomorrow’s citizen science.
Citizen Science
CosmoQuest invites you to help NASA scientists make maps of scientifically interesting features in our Solar System. You can map craters on the Moon, and trace the splatter of asteroid impacts on Vesta. All these worlds are yours to explore!
Currently we’re rebuilding all our citizen science projects with a new interface. We’ll get you sciencing again as soon as we can.
If it takes a village to raise a child, it will take a global-community to understand the universe.
We are part of that community. You are part of it with us.
Blog
China Launches Tenth Trio of Yaogan 30 Satellites
China launches the tenth triplet of their Yaogan 30 remote sensing satellites, and their fairings now have parachutes to constrain landing locations.
BLT Rockets Launch for ULA’s Interns
ULA’s Intern Rocket program launched three rockets named Bacon, Lettuce, and Tomato, allowing interns to get experience working on hardware and network with mentors.
Soft Gamma Rays Flicker Chaotically in Time Windows
Star SGR1935+2154 is a neutron star that periodically gives off gamma-ray radiation, and scientists recently predicted the next outburst which occurred in June as expected.
Sibling Stars Found with Teenage Exoplanets
Four new teenage planets were found orbiting two separate but related stars in data collected by the TESS spacecraft, adding to the theory of planetary formation.
Life Dated Back to 3.42 Billion Years Ago
Samples taken from sedimentary rocks in South Africa have been found to contain microfossils of 3.42 billion year old methanogen microbes.
Tilted Planet Points Toward Complex Life?
Researchers recently postulated that exoplanets with a tilt similar to the Earth’s will develop more complex life than planets that are upright and do not experience seasons.
Self-Driving Sailing Ships Do Science
Uncrewed sailing vehicles are being deployed into the pools of cool air beneath thunderstorms to understand how convection cells work.
Carbon Dating the Ocean: Vents Add Old Carbon
Researchers discovered that the water near hydrothermal vents appears to be ancient, implying that dissolved organics from the deep past are somehow released in or near hydrothermal vents.
Mercury’s Metal Core is Yuge
Researchers report that Mercury may have a large iron core because the Sun’s early magnetic field was strong enough to pull iron in the planetary disk close to its orbit.