CQ Science – Post 11: A Final Crater Mapping Mystery
As promised, here is our second mystery concerning craters and incidence angle. This is an image of a region of the Moon south of Copernicus crater. Take a good look. Something isn’t quite right … Can you see what is off? If yes, you’ve probably spent a lot of time...
Studying Surface Features on Earth as Analogs to Surface Features on Mars Using Astronaut Photography
This is a guest post from Amy Jagge, Image Data Scientist, and part of our Johnson Space Center (JSC) Image Detective Science Team Earth and Mars are commonly known for their differences. Earth is characterized by its habitable conditions and layered atmosphere while...
We Can Use Your Help – Tell Us What You Do With CosmoQuest!
We are once again asking for your input through a series of three surveys, each of which is targeting a specific aspect of CosmoQuest and what we do: ———————————— The first is our *Podcast Listeners Survey*. If you listen to podcasts, you are invited to provide your...
Carnival of Space #545
This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Brian Wang at NextBigFuture. Check out this week's sampling of space-related stories from our colleagues and friends! Click here to read Carnival of Space #545. And if you’re interested in looking back, here’s an archive to...
Studying River Deltas Using Astronaut Photography
This is a guest post from Amy Jagge, Image Data Scientist, and part of our Johnson Space Center (JSC) Image Detective Science Team River deltas provide valuable resources to marine and terrestrial species including humans. Deltas are low-lying plains that form at the...
CQ Science – Post 10: Angle of Illumination, Impact Craters and a Minor Mapping Mystery
In this post we will be investigating a crater mapping mystery. For a little background (and a bit of a hint) let’s call back to another post in this series, when we were talking about how to tell a crater from a hill – here’s the image: In this image, we can see that...
Carnival of Space #544
Welcome to the 544th Carnival of Space! The Carnival is a community of space science and astronomy writers and bloggers, who submit their best work each week for your benefit. So now, on to this week's stories! First up, a roundup of stories from Matt Williams over at...
Do You Know What An Astronomer Does? Find Out Jan. 20!
Watch the "We Are Astronomers" digital planetarium show, and hear De Anza College Astronomy Instructor Marek Cichanski, astronomy instructor at De Anza College, present an accompanying talk. Time: 7:00-8:30pm Location: Fujitsu Planetarium at De Anza College,...
CQ Science – Post 9: Angle of Illumination, Mapping Craters, and How YOUR Work Leads to Science!
In the last post in this series, we talked about “incidence angle” and hearkened back to a couple of CosmoQuest posts on the topic including the Moon Mappers tutorial section on lighting effects , and a post about “Illumination and Optical Illusions.” In this...
Carnival of Space #543
This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Gadi Eidelheit at The Venus Transit. Check out this week's sampling of space-related stories from our colleagues and friends! Click here to read Carnival of Space #543. And if you’re interested in looking back, here’s an...
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