Resident are urged to join a cosmic quest for micrometeorites from space landing in their gutters.

This year’s celebration highlights how Americans can support federal missions not only through NASA research, but also by ...

Ever wondered what it might feel like to spot giant spider crabs while you're snorkeling? Or check plants for the circular ...

A citizen science study has found participants’ mental wellbeing is positively affected, in a variety of ways.

Citizen science is a powerful tool for involving more people in research. By influencing policy, it is transforming ...

Citizen science projects are meant to involve the public in research, but researchers are starting to ask if the name itself is exclusionary. Could "citizen" discourage Indigenous people and ...

Monday’s eclipse is bringing together a diverse group of citizen scientists, working to collectively enhance our knowledge of the Sun and Earth’s atmosphere. Reading time 4 minutes Several ...

Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology want your help studying galaxies far, far away. It may seem like something out of Star Wars, but the goal is to gather scientific information to learn ...

North Carolina State University researchers recently found that a program designed to get Girl Scouts involved in citizen science – programs where members of the public can participate in real ...

Scientists can’t be everywhere all at once, as much as they’d like to. Many of the problems citizen science helps solve are ...

For many, the term “scientist” brings up images of people clad in white lab coats clutching glass tubes, gathering data that will appear in dense academic articles that most people can’t parse, let ...