Citizens Debate on European Space Programmes

Do you want the opportunity to have your say in suggesting priorities in European space programmes?

Well, now you have the chance, because on 10 September 2016, over 2,000 citizens from 22 European countries will participate in the first ever Citizens’ Debate on Space for Europe. Never before has the future of space activities been addressed in such an event …

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Solar System Ambassadors Program

The NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Solar System Ambassadors Program (SSA) invites you to apply to become an ambassador to the public for calendar year 2016.

Highly motivated individuals will be given the opportunity to represent NASA and JPL as volunteer Solar System Ambassadors to the public for a one-year, renewable term beginning January 1, 2016. Applications will be accepted from …

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Stellar Debris Disk

A NASA-sponsored website designed to crowdsource analysis of data from the agency’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission has reached an impressive milestone. In less than a year, citizen scientists using DiskDetective.org have logged 1 million classifications of potential debris disks and disks surrounding young stellar objects (YSO). This data will help provide a crucial set of targets for future …

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Help Hubble scientists in the adventure of discovery.

They need your eyes to identify the ages of star clusters in the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy, M83.

Human beings are much better than computers at making the kinds of distinctions needed to gauge the ages of the clusters, so have a seat and join the fun.

Their interactive online project, Star Date:

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NASA is inviting the public to help astronomers discover embryonic planetary systems hidden among data from the agency’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission through a new website, DiskDetective.org.

Disk Detective is NASA’s largest crowdsourcing project whose primary goal is to produce publishable scientific results. It exemplifies a new commitment to crowdsourcing and open data by the United States government.…

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