Monitoring Coastal Morphology 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 More than 63 million people in the southern and eastern United States live near coastlines (National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration....
#AAS -2: A Glance at Citizen Science Building
This is the second in a series of three posters that we're presenting today at the AAS meeting in Washington, D.C. Abstract CosmoQuest is a virtual research facility focused on engaging people - citizen scientists - from across the world in authentic research projects...
#AAS – 3: Measuring Audience Needs to Obtain Better Science
This is the last in a series of three posters that we're presenting today at the AAS meeting in Washington, D.C. Abstract The CosmoQuest Virtual Research Facility provides a place for scientists to recruit people to aid in their science projects via citizen science....
#AAS-1: Making the public your students and collaborators
This is the first of a series of three posters that we're presenting today at the AAS meeting in Washington, D.C. Abstract CosmoQuest is a second generation citizen science project that makes it possible for NASA Subject Matter Experts to engage the public as both...
CQ Science – Post 8: Angle of Illumination and Seeing the Lay of the Land
As you know from having searched for impact craters on images here at CosmoQuest, some craters are are easier to spot and measure than others. One of the things that makes a crater easier to identify is a prominent shadow cast from the rim. Such shadows are created...
Carnival of Space #542
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 #542. And if you’re interested in looking back, here’s an archive to...
Season 10 of 365 Days Of Astronomy: The Year of the Everyday Astronomers
Breaking News! It’s time for season ten of the award winning 365 Days Of Astronomy podcast to start. With a new year comes a new theme. As we leave behind Totality 2017, we will embrace Amateur Astronomer contributions and the importance of citizen science with 2018, the Year of Everyday Astronomers.
Analyzing Land Use and Land Cover Change 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 With CosmoQuest’s Image Detective 2.0 tool, Citizen Scientists around the world have the opportunity to enhance NASA’s Astronaut...
Carnival of Space #541
This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Allen Versfeld at his Urban Astronomer blog. Check out this week's sampling of space-related stories from our colleagues and friends! Click here to read Carnival of Space #541. And if you’re interested in looking back, here’s...
CQ Science – Post 7: Impact Craters Up Close
We see so many craters from the perspective of a bird, flying directly above. But what are impact craters like from the ground, up close and personal? First of all, it can be hard to identify an impact crater from the ground, even when you are very nearby. This is...
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